Variation of the CGG repeat at the fragile X site results in genetic instability: Resolution of the Sherman paradox

Cell

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 1047-1058

  Fu, Ying Hui ^a   Kuhl, Derek P A ^a   Pizzuti, Antonio ^a   Pieretti, Maura ^a   Sutcliffe, James S ^a,c   Richards, Stephen ^a   Verkert, Annemieke J M H ^b   Holden, Jeanette J A ^d   Fenwick Jr , Raymond G ^a   Warren, Stephen T ^b,c   Oostra, Ben A ^b   Nelson, David L ^a   Caskey, C Thomas ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ALLELE; CODING; DNA SEQUENCE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; EXONS; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENES, STRUCTURAL; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOSAICISM; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0026345716     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(91)90283-5     Document Type: Article

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