Re-examination of factors associated with expansion of CGG repeats using a single nucleotide polymorphism in FMR1

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1935-1946

  Gunter, Chris ^a   Paradee, William ^a,b   Crawford, Dana C ^a   Meadows, Kellen A ^a   Newman, James ^a   Kunst, Catherine B ^a,b,f   Nelson, David L ^c   Schwartz, Charles ^d   Murray, Anna ^e   Macpherson, James N ^e   Sherman, Stephanie L ^a   Warren, Stephen T ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^e SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; X CHROMOSOME;

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; ALLELES; ANIMALS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTRONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 7844247606     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.12.1935     Document Type: Article

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