Contribution of DNA sequence and CAG size to mutation frequencies of intermediate alleles for Huntington disease: Evidence from single sperm analyses

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 301-309

  Chong, S S ^a,h   Almqvist, E ^b,c   Telenius, H ^b   LaTray, L ^d   Nichol, K ^b   Bourdelat Parks, B ^a   Goldberg, Y P ^b   Haddad, B R ^a,h   Richards, F ^g   Sillence, D ^g   Greenberg, C R ^e   Ives, E ^f   Van Den Engh, G ^d   Hughes, M R ^h   Hayden, M R ^b  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^h GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INHERITANCE; MALE; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0042115272     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.2.301     Document Type: Article

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