Long CCG triplet repeat blocks exclude nucleosomes: A possible mechanism for the nature of fragile sites in chromosomes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 511-516

  Wang, Yuh Hwa ^a   Gellibolian, Robert ^b   Shimizu, Miho ^b   Wells, Robert D ^b   Griffith, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragile sites; Fragile X syndrome; Histones; Nucleosomes; Trinucleotide repeats

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030575839     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0593     Document Type: Editorial

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