Mutation analysis of small heat-shock protein 27 gene in Chinese patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 510-513

  Liu, Xiao Min ^a   Tang, Bei Sha ^a   Zhao, Guo Hua ^a   Xia, Kun ^b   Zhang, Fu Feng ^a   Pan, Qian ^b   Cai, Fang ^b   Hu, Zheng Mao ^b   Zhang, Cheng ^c   Chen, Biao ^d   Shen, Lu ^a   Zhang, Ru Xu ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Gene mutation; Small heat shock protein 27 gene

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHINESE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HSP27 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 27144555722     PISSN: 10039406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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