IKBKAP mRNA in peripheral blood leukocytes: A molecular marker of gene expression and splicing in familial dysautonomia

Pediatric Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-190

  Gold Von Simson, Gabrielle ^a,c   Leyne, Maire ^b   Mull, James ^b   Rolnitzky, Linda M ^a   Goldberg, Judith D ^a   Berlin, Dena ^a   Axelrod, Felicia B ^a   Slaugenhaupt, Susan A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLUDROCORTISONE; I KAPPA B KINASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSAUTONOMIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; DYSAUTONOMIA, FAMILIAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION;

EID: 38349084435     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e31815ef74b     Document Type: Article

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