Identification of additional transcripts in the Williams-Beuren syndrome critical region

Human Genetics

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 429-438

  Merla, Giuseppe ^a,b   Ucla, Catherine ^a   Guipponi, Michel ^a,c   Reymond, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b TELETHON INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND MEDICINE TIGEM   (Italy)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DNAJ;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ORDER; GENES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0036590136     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-002-0710-x     Document Type: Article

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