Homonucleotide tracts, short repeats and CpG/CpNpG motifs are frequent sites for heterogeneous mutations in the Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) tumour-suppressor gene

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 373, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-195

  Rodenhiser, David I ^a   Andrews, J D ^a   Mancini, D N ^a   Jung, J H ^b   Singh, S M ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CpG; Homonucleotide; Mechanisms; Mutation; Neurofibromatosis; Repeat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CPG ISLANDS; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; MUTATION; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0030715346     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(96)00171-6     Document Type: Article

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