Small deletion variants have stable breakpoints commonly associated with Alu elements

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  de Smith, Adam J ^a   Walters, Robin G ^a   Coin, Lachlan J M ^b   Steinfeld, Israel ^c   Yakhini, Zohar ^c   Sladek, Rob ^d   Froguel, Philippe ^a,e   Blakemore, Alexandra I F ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Agilent Laboratories Israel   (Israel)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIANT; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; FRANCE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REFERENCE VALUE;

DCDC2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALU ELEMENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FRANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 51849167741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003104     Document Type: Article

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