Deletion pattern in the dystrophin gene in Turks and a comparison with Europeans and Indians

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-40

  Onengut S ^a   Kavaslar, G N ^a   Battaloglu E ^a   Serdaroglu P ^b   Deymeer, F ^b   Ozdemir C ^b   Calafell, F ^c   Tolun, A ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DYSTROPHIN; EUROPE; EXONS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INDIA; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURKEY;

EID: 0343238185     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480000007934     Document Type: Article

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