Rare variants in methionyl- and tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase genes in late-onset autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 592-594

  Hyun, Y S ^a   Park, H J ^b   Heo, S H ^c   Yoon, B R ^a   Nam, S H ^a   Kim, S B ^d   Park, C I ^e   Choi, Byung Ok ^b   Chung, Ki Wha ^a  

^a Kongju National University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Ministry of Health and Welfare   (South Korea)

^d Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

ANTICODON; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 1P; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EXOME; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; DOMINANT GENE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE;

AGE OF ONSET; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE-TRNA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; TYROSINE-TRNA LIGASE;

EID: 84937512242     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cge.12327     Document Type: Letter

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