A quantitative trait locus on 13q14.2 for trunk strength

Twin Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 603-606

  Huygens, Wim ^a   Thomis, Martine A ^a   Peeters, Maarten W ^a   Aerssens, Jeroen ^b   Janssen, Rob G J H ^b   Vlietinck, Robert F ^a,b   Beunen, Gaston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 13Q14.2; DYNAMOMETRY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; DNA; GENES, RETINOBLASTOMA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUSCLES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIBLINGS;

EID: 10444256374     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/1369052042663850     Document Type: Article

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