Incipient GAA repeats in the primate Friedreich ataxia homologous genes [2]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 880-883

  González Cabo, Pilar ^a   Sánchez, M Isabel ^a   Cañizares, Joaquin ^a   Blanca, José Miguel ^a   Martínez Arias, Rosa ^b   De Castro, Marisol ^c   Bertranpetit, Jaume ^a   Palau, Francesc ^c   Moltó, M Dolores ^a   De Frutos, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alu; Friedreich ataxia; GAA repeats; Primates; Trinucleotide expansion

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HOMOZYGOSITY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ATAXIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0345279997     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026173     Document Type: Letter

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