Diagnosis of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease: Detection of proteolipid protein gene copy number by real-time PCR

Neurogenetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-78

  Regis, Stefano ^a   Grossi, Serena ^a   Lualdi, Susanna ^a   Biancheri, Roberta ^b   Filocamo, Mirella ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Duplication; Gene dosage; PLP1 gene; PMD; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE NUMBER; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; PELIZAEUS-MERZBACHER DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 20044380378     PISSN: 13646745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10048-005-0214-7     Document Type: Article

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