Influences of array size and homogeneity on minisatellite mutation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3495-3502

  Buard, Jérôme ^a   Bourdet, Agnès ^a   Yardley, Jane ^a   Dubrova, Yuri ^a,b   Jeffreys, Alec J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Instability; Mini satellite; Mutation; Sperm; Tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

ALLELES; HUMANS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032526432     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.12.3495     Document Type: Article

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