Glycyl tRNA synthetase mutations in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2D and distal spinal muscular atrophy type V.

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Published in Am J Hum Genet on April 10, 2003

Authors

Anthony Antonellis1, Rachel E Ellsworth, Nyamkhishig Sambuughin, Imke Puls, Annette Abel, Shih-Queen Lee-Lin, Albena Jordanova, Ivo Kremensky, Kyproula Christodoulou, Lefkos T Middleton, Kumaraswamy Sivakumar, Victor Ionasescu, Benoit Funalot, Jeffery M Vance, Lev G Goldfarb, Kenneth H Fischbeck, Eric D Green

Author Affiliations

1: Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

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