Inability to induce fragile sites at CTG repeats in congenital myotonic dystrophy

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-63

  Wenger, Sharon L ^a,b   Giangreco, Cheryl A ^b,d   Tarleton, Jack ^c   Wessel, Henry B ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^d Genetics Center Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

fragile sites; myotonic dystrophy; trinucleotide repeats

Indexed keywords

APHIDICOLIN; AZACITIDINE; BROXURIDINE; DNA; FLOXURIDINE; FOLIC ACID; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; DNA; HUMANS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

GENETTA;

EID: 0029972243     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961202)66:1<60::AID-AJMG13>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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