Is gene deletion in eukaryotes sequence-dependent? A study of nine deletion junctions and nineteen other deletion breakpoints in intron 7 of the human dystrophin gene

Gene

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-51

  McNaughton, Julia C ^a   Cockburn, David J ^b   Hughes, Gillian ^a   Jones, Wyn A ^a   Laing, Nigel G ^c   Ray, Peter N ^d   Stockwell, Peter A ^a   Petersen, George B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Duplication; Mutation; Recombination

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EUKARYOTE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032487761     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00466-1     Document Type: Article

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