Importance of Standard Nomenclature for SMN1 Small Intragenic ("Subtle") Mutations

Human Mutation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 392-393

  Ogino, Shuji ^a,b,c   Wilson, Robert B ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; LETTER; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMN1 GENE; STANDARD;

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; HUMANS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 1842715108     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.20013     Document Type: Letter

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