Extensive Copy-Number Variation of the Human Olfactory Receptor Gene Family

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-242

  Young, Janet M ^a   Endicott, RaeLynn M ^a   Parghi, Sean S ^a   Walker, Megan ^a   Kidd, Jeffrey M ^a   Trask, Barbara J ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION ASSAY; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 48349102999     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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