Publication Date:
1984-09-21
Description:
Recombinant DNA technology has provided a vast new source of DNA markers displaying heritable sequence variation in humans. These markers can be used in family studies to identify the chromosomal location of defective genes causing nervous system disorders. The discovery of a DNA marker linked to Huntington's disease has opened new avenues of research into this disorder and may ultimately permit cloning and characterization of the defective gene.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gusella, J F -- Tanzi, R E -- Anderson, M A -- Hobbs, W -- Gibbons, K -- Raschtchian, R -- Gilliam, T C -- Wallace, M R -- Wexler, N S -- Conneally, P M -- NS16367/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- NS20012/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1984 Sep 21;225(4668):1320-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6089346" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Alleles
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Base Sequence
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Chromosome Mapping
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Cloning, Molecular
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DNA/*genetics
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DNA Restriction Enzymes
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*DNA, Recombinant
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Female
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*Genes
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*Genetic Linkage
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*Genetic Markers
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Genetic Vectors
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Humans
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Huntington Disease/*genetics
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Male
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Mutation
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Pedigree
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Phenotype
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Polymorphism, Genetic
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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