Distribution and evolution of CTG repeats at the myotonin protein kinase gene in human populations

Genome Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 142-154

  Deka, Ranjan ^a   Majumder, Partha P ^b   Shriver, Mark D ^a   Stivers, David N ^c   Zhong, Yixi ^c   Yu, Ling M ^a   Barrantes, Ramiro ^d   Yin, Shih Jiun ^e   Miki, Tetsuro ^f   Hundrieser, Joachim ^g   Bunker, Clareann H ^h   McGarvey, Stephen T ⁱ   Sakallah, Sameer ^j   Ferrell, Robert E ^a   Chakraborty, Ranajit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^e NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^g HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOGENESIS; CAUCASIAN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 19144370801     PISSN: 10549803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.6.2.142     Document Type: Article

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