A novel gene, FAM11A, associated with the FRAXF CpG island is transcriptionally silent in FRAXF full mutation

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 767-772

  Shaw, Marie A ^a   Chiurazzi, Pietro ^b   Romain, Dennis R ^c   Neri, Giovanni ^d   Gécz, Josef ^a,e  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

FAM11A; FAM11B; Fragile sites; FRAXF; Transcribed retropseuodogene; Transcriptional silencing

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSINE; DNA; FAM11A PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GUANINE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; CHROMOSOME XQ; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CYTOGENETICS; DEMETHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PSEUDOGENE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CPG ISLANDS; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 1842856068     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200881     Document Type: Article

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