Identification of microcephalin, a protein implicated in determining the size of the human brain

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 136-142

  Jackson, Andrew P ^a,b   Eastwood, Helen ^a   Bell, Sandra M ^a   Adu, Jimi ^a   Toomes, Carmel ^a   Carr, Ian M ^a   Roberts, Emma ^a   Hampshire, Daniel J ^a   Crow, Yanick J ^a,b   Mighell, Alan J ^a   Karbani, Gulshan ^b   Jafri, Hussain ^c   Rashid, Yasmin ^c   Mueller, Robert F ^a,b   Markham, Alexander F ^a   Woods, C Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Genetec Lab   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCEPHALIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 8P; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALIN GENE; MICROCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0036302105     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/341283     Document Type: Article

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