Cis-acting modifiers of expanded CAG/CTG triplet repeat expandability: Associations with flanking GC content and proximity to CpG islands

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1061-1067

  Brock, Graham J R ^a   Anderson, Niall H ^b   Monckton, Darren G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

BASE COMPOSITION; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; FEMALE; GENES; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPERMATOZOA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 0032971232     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.6.1061     Document Type: Article

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