A translocation breakpoint cluster disrupts the newly defined 3′ end of the SNURF-SNRPN transcription unit on chromosome 15

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 201-210

  Wirth, Jutta ^a,h   Back, Elke ^b   Hüttenhofer, Alexander ^c   Nothwang, Hans Gerd ^a,i   Lich, Christina ^d   Groß, Stephanie ^d   Menzel, Corinna ^a   Schinzel, Albert ^e   Kioschis, Petra ^f   Tommerup, Niels ^g   Ropers, Hans Hilger ^a   Horsthemke, Bernhard ^d   Buiting, Karin ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^e Inst für Medizinische Genetik   (Switzerland)

^f GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 15; CHROMOSOME XQ; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; EXON; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035253445     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/10.3.201     Document Type: Article

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