Analysis of human alternative first exons and copy number variation of the GJA12 gene in patients with pelizaeus-merzbacher-like disease

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-232

  Ruf, Nico ^a,b   Uhlenberg, Birgit ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Gap junction proteins; Hypomyelination

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 47; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONNEXINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICE; MUTATION; PELIZAEUS-MERZBACHER DISEASE; SPINAL CORD;

MUS;

EID: 61449219913     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30792     Document Type: Article

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