Hunting for genes and mutations: It's worth remembering the basics

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 16 PART 2, 2008, Pages 1373-1374

  Gasser, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

CHROMOSOME MAP; DEMENTIA; DNA DETERMINATION; DOPA RESPONSIVE DYSTONIA; DYSTONIA; EDITORIAL; GCH1 GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 42049084157     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000310406.59654.dc     Document Type: Editorial

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