Destabilization of CAG trinucleotide repeat tracts by mismatch repair mutations in yeast

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 349-355

  Schweitzer, Jill Kuglin ^a   Livingston, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; YEAST;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0031057683     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.3.349     Document Type: Article

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