A common nonsense mutation results in -actinin-3 deficiency in the general populationpp353 - 354 Kathryn N. North, Nan Yang, Duangrurdee Wattanasirichaigoon, Michelle Mills, Simon Easteal
& Alan H. Beggs doi:10.1038/7675 Full text|PDF
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A mutation in NRL is associated with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosapp355 - 356 David A.R. Bessant, Annette M. Payne, Kenneth P. Mitton, Qing-Liang Wang, Prabodha K. Swain, Catherine Plant, Alan C. Bird, Donald J. Zack, Anand Swaroop
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Counting the repetitive kringle-IV repeats in the gene encoding human
apolipoprotein(a) by fibre-FISHpp357 - 358 Martin Erdel, Michael Hubalek, Arno Lingenhel, Kurt Kofler, Hans-C Duba
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Atm haploinsufficiency results in increased sensitivity to sublethal doses of ionizing radiation in micepp359 - 360 Carrolee Barlow, Michael A. Eckhaus, Alejandro A. Schäffer
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Loss of information due to ambiguous haplotyping of SNPspp360 - 361 Susan E. Hodge, Michael Boehnke
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Genetic determinism and the overprotection of human subjectsp362 Allen J. Wilcox, Jack A. Taylor, Richard R. Sharp
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A mutation in OTOF, encoding otoferlin, a FER-1-like protein,
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A human IFNGR1 small deletion hotspot associated with dominant
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An untranslated CTG expansion causes a novel form of spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA8)pp379 - 384 Michael D. Koob, Melinda L. Moseley, Lawrence J. Schut, Kellie A. Benzow, Thomas D. Bird, John W. Day
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Comparative genomes of Chlamydia pneumoniae and C. trachomatis
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Independent regulation of the two Pax5 alleles during B-cell development
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Transferrin receptor is necessary for development of erythrocytes and
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Interacting loci cause severe iris atrophy and glaucoma in DBA/2J mice
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A common human skin tumour is caused by activating mutations in -catenin
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The complete family of genes encoding G proteins of Caenorhabditis
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Retroposition of autosomal mRNA yielded testis-specific gene family on
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The gene encoding proline dehydrogenase modulates sensorimotor gating
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The Pendred syndrome gene encodes a chloride-iodide transport protein
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Embryonic retinoic acid synthesis is essential for early mouse post-implantation
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