A new 6-bp SOX-3 polyalanine tract deletion does not segregate with mental retardation

Genetic Testing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-127

  Salemi, Michele ^a   Romano, Corrado ^a   Ragusa, Letizia ^a   Di Vita, Giuseppa ^a   Salluzzo, Roberto ^a   Oteri, Ileana ^a   Trovato, Maria Luisa ^a   Romano, Carmelo ^a   Caraci, Filippo ^b   Nicoletti, Ferdinando ^c   Bosco, Paolo ^a  

^a OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL RENEWAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; SOX3 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34447251218     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2006.0510     Document Type: Article

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