The role of size, sequence and haplotype in the stability of FRAXA and FRAXE alleles during transmission

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-184

  Murray, Anna ^a   Macpherson, James N ^a   Pound, Michelle C ^a   Sharrock, Andrea ^a   Youings, Sheila A ^a   Dennis, Nick R ^b   McKechnie, Nicky ^b   Linehan, Paul ^b   Morton, Newton E ^b   Jacobs, Patricia A ^a,b  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ALLELES; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 8044254656     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.2.173     Document Type: Article

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