The speech gene FOXP2 is not imprinted

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 669-670

  Thomas, Anna C ^a   Frost, Jennifer M ^a   Ishida, Miho ^a   Vargha Khadem, Faraneh ^a   Moore, Gudrun E ^a   Stanier, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2;

APRAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL VERBAL DYSPRAXIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER RUSSELL SYNDROME; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPEECH;

ALLELES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; SPEECH;

EID: 84870299030     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: 14686244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2012-101242     Document Type: Note

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