Characterization of Alu repeats that are associated with trinucleotide and tetranucleotide repeat microsatellites

Genome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 716-724

  Yandava, Chandri N ^a,c,f   Gastier, Julie M ^a,c   Pulido, Jacqueline C ^a,b,g   Brody, Tom ^a,c,g   Sheffield, Val ^c,d   Murray, Jeffrey ^c,d   Buetow, Kenneth ^c,e   Duyk, Geoffrey M ^a,b,g  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID; REPETITIVE DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0030881248     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.7.7.716     Document Type: Article

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