Instability of the expanded (CTG)(n) repeats in the myotonin protein kinase gene in cultured lymphoblastoid cell lines from patients with myotonic dystrophy

Genomics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-53

  Ashizawa, Tetsuo ^a,b   Monckton, Darren G ^a,c   Vaishnav, Sukeshi ^a   Patel, Bhavna J ^a,b   Voskova, Alica ^a,d   Caskey, C Thomas ^a,e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPLICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; MUTATION; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0030586908     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0424     Document Type: Article

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