Fragile X gene stability in Basque valleys: Prevalence of premutation and intermediate alleles

Human Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 593-600

  Arrieta, I ^a   Telez M ^a   Huerta, I ^a   Flores, P ^a   Criado, B ^b   Ramirez J M ^a   Barasoain, M ^a   Gonzalez A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO E FORMAÇÃO AVANÇADA EM CIÊNCIAS E TECNOLOGIAS DA SAÚDE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Basque valleys; CGG repeat; DXS548; FMR1; Fragile X syndrome; FRAXAC1

Indexed keywords

ALANYLGLYCYLGLYCINE; CYSTEINYLGLYCYLGLYCINE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GLYCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAGILE X GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 68049083815     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/1534-6617-80.6.593     Document Type: Article

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