Structural features of trinucleotide repeats associated with DNA expansion

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 325-336

  Kovtun, I V ^a   Goellner, G ^a   McMurray, C T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Expansion; Hairpin; Polymerase slippage; Recombination; Repair; Trinucleotide repeat

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DISEASES; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

TRINUCLEOTIDES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CYTOSINE; DNA POLYMERASE; ENDONUCLEASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; POLYGLUTAMINE;

CPG ISLAND; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; KENNEDY DISEASE; MITOSIS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SHORT SURVEY; SOMATIC CELL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0034893312     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o01-101     Document Type: Short Survey

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