FOXP2: Novel exons, splice variants, and CAG repeat length stability

Human Genetics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 136-144

  Bruce, Heather A ^a   Margolis, Russell L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORKHEAD BOX PROTEIN P2; FORKHEAD BOX PROTEIN P2 S; POLYGLUTAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXON; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; RNA SPLICING; STOP CODON; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0036705625     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-002-0768-5     Document Type: Article

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