Fragile sites and minisatellite repeat instability

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-105

  Handt, Oliva ^a   Sutherland, Grant R ^a   Richards, Robert I ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fragile site; Instability; Minisatellite; Repeat expansion

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DISTAMYCIN A; DNA MINISATELLITE; FOLIC ACID;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; DNA STRUCTURE; EPILEPSY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0033910404     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mgme.2000.2996     Document Type: Article

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