Increased instability of human CTG repeat tracts on yeast artificial chromosomes during gametogenesis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 4153-4158

  Cohen, Haim ^a   Sears, Dorothy D ^b   Zenvirth, Drora ^a   Hieter, Philip ^b,c   Simchen, Giora ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSSING OVER; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STABILITY; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032973426     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.6.4153     Document Type: Article

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