Single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis of the FMR1 gene in autistic and mentally retarded children in Japan

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 52-58

  Shinahara, Kumi ^a   Saijo, Takahiko ^a   Mori, Kenji ^a   Kuroda, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

FMR1; Mental retardation; Point mutation; Screening; SSCP analysis

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; FMR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; FMR1 GENE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 1842852098     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.51.52     Document Type: Article

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