Analysis of germline mutation spectra at the Huntington's disease locus supports a mitotic mutation mechanism

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-183

  Leeflang, Esther P ^a   Tavaré, Simon ^a   Marjoram, Paul ^a   Neal, Carolyn O S ^a   Srinidhi, Jayalakshmi ^b   MacDonald, Marcy E ^b   De Young, Margot ^c   Wexler, Nancy S ^d,e   Gusella, James F ^b   Arnheim, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Assoc Friends Families H   (Venezuela)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e Hereditary Disease Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MITOSIS; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; COHORT STUDIES; DNA; FAMILY HEALTH; GENES; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPERMATOZOA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0032897901     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.2.173     Document Type: Article

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