Stabilizing effects of interruptions on trinucleotide repeat expansions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 173-180

  Rolfsmeier, Michael L ^a   Lahue, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; YEAST CELL;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033989644     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.1.173-180.2000     Document Type: Article

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