Slipped-strand DNAs formed by long (CAG)·(CTG) repeats: Slipped-out repeats and slip-out junctions

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 4534-4547

  Pearson, Christopher E ^a,b   Tam, Mandy ^a,b   Wang, Yuh Hwa ^c   Montgomery, S Erin ^a,b   Dar, Arvin C ^a,b   Cleary, John D ^a,b   Nichol, Kerrie ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; HETERODUPLEX; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; THYMINE; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MUTAGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ASPERGILLUS NUCLEASE S1; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0037109206     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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