TOWARDS IDENTIFICATION OF X-LINKED MENTAL-RETARDATION GENES - A PROPOSAL

被引:11
作者
MANDEL, JL [1 ]
机构
[1] CTR HOSP REG UNIV STRASBOURG,F-67085 STRASBOURG,FRANCE
来源
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS | 1994年 / 51卷 / 04期
关键词
X-LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; CELL LINE REPOSITORY;
D O I
10.1002/ajmg.1320510452
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Identification of X linked mental retardation (XLMR) genes that can only be broadly localised by linkage analysis will ultimately depend on systematic screening of many probands for mutations in many candidate genes. This would be more efficiently performed by analysis of mRNA (or illegitimate transcripts) by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). A scheme is proposed that associates standardized reporting of XLMR families, including small families that would not by themselves yield statistically significant linkage information, and deposit of a lymphoblastoid cell line for one proband of each family to an accessible repository. (C) 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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页码:550 / 552
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