Fragile X full mutation alleles composed of few alleles: Implications for CGG repeat expansion

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-65

  Nolin, Sarah L ^a   Ding, Xiao Hua ^a   Houck, George E ^a   Brown, W Ted ^a   Dobkin, Carl ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

FMR1; Fragile X; Trinucleotide repeat disorder

Indexed keywords

DNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALLELES; ARTIFACTS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 37549027560     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32087     Document Type: Article

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