Relationship of (CAG)nC configuration to repeat instability of the Machado-Joseph disease gene

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 643-645

  Matsumura, Ryusuke ^a   Takayanagi, Tetsuya ^a   Murata, Kayoko ^a   Futamura, Naonobu ^a   Hirano, Makito ^a   Ueno, Satoshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; HUMANS; JAPAN; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0029907590     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050276     Document Type: Article

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