Balanced translocations in mental retardation

Human Genetics

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-147

  Vandeweyer, Geert ^a   Kooy, R Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNTRANSLATED RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MENTAL RETARDATION, X-LINKED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 67651122997     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-009-0661-6     Document Type: Review

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