Tandem duplication of the NF1 gene detected by high-resolution FISH in the 17q11.2 region

Human Genetics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 314-321

  Gervasini, Cristina ^a   Bentivegna, Angela ^a   Venturin, Marco ^a   Corrado, Lucia ^a   Larizza, Lidia ^a   Riva, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIOPHAGE P1 ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 17Q11.2; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GORILLA; HUMAN; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TANDEM REPEAT;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0036556292     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-002-0704-8     Document Type: Article

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