:Alberto Catalano
:(alcat at cyberspace.org) wrote: : Dear bionetters,
: Does nayone know the meaning and/or origin of the AFM nomenclature for STS
: sequences?
: Thanks
Dear Alberto,
The AFM nomenclature designates the polymorphic CAn-microsatellite repeat
containing STS's generated by Genethon (France). The project was
initiated at CEPH and supported by the "Association Francaise contre
les Myopathies", hence AFM.
ref. f.i. Nature Genetics vol. 7 special issue june '94
Greetings
Jasper Saris,
dept Human Genetics
Leiden University
Netherlands
