Mutations in WDR62 gene in Pakistani families with autosomal recessive primary microcephaly

BMC Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kousar, Rizwana ^a   Hassan, Muhammad J ^b   Khan, Bushra ^a   Basit, Sulman ^a   Mahmood, Saqib ^b   Mir, Asif ^c   Ahmad, Wasim ^a   Ansar, Muhammad ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; NERVE PROTEIN; WDR62 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE PRIMARY MICROCEPHALY; CHROMOSOME 19; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONSENSE MUTATION; PAKISTANI; WDR62 GENE; ASIAN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; PEDIGREE; RECESSIVE GENE; STOP CODON;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CODON, NONSENSE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PAKISTAN; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 80053374357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-119     Document Type: Article

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