Parental origin of de novo MECP2 mutations in Rett syndrome

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-236

  Girard, Muriel ^a   Couvert, Philippe ^a   Carrié, Alain ^a   Tardieu, Marc ^b   Chelly, Jamel ^a   Beldjord, Cherif ^a   Bienvenu, Thierry ^a  

^a INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

MECP2 gene; Parental origin; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GERM LINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 0035080490     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200618     Document Type: Article

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