Gene deletions causing human genetic disease: mechanisms of mutagenesis and the role of the local DNA sequence environment

Human Genetics

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 425-441

  Krawczak, Michael ^a,c   Cooper, David N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b THROMBOSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE DELETION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DNA; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMAN; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CRICETINAE;

EID: 0025762012     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00194629     Document Type: Article

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