Polymerase chain reaction analysis as a rapid screening test for diagnosis of fragile X syndrome
Fragile X syndrome is a result of an unstable expansion of (CGG)n trinucleotide sequences in the FMR-1 (Fragile X Mental Retardation 1) gene site at Xq27. In a normal person, n ranges from 6 to 40 repeats with an average of 30 repeats, whereas in a mutated FMR1 gene the sequence is repeated several...
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| Language: | English |
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Penerbit UKM
2006
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1854/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1854/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1854/1/07._36-44_%28MH_013%29.pdf |