Dynamics of CAG repeat loci revealed by the analysis of their variability

Human Mutation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-70

  Andrés, Aida M ^a   Lao, Oscar ^a   Soldevila, Marta ^a   Calafell, Francesc ^a   Bertranpetit, Jaume ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b BInstitut de Biologia Evolutiva   (Spain)

Author keywords

CAG repeats; Dynamic mutation; Evolution; HD; Human molecular genetics; Mutation; Population genetics; SCA; Spinocebellar ataxia; STR dynamics; TRE; Trinucleotide repeat expansion

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0037226761     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.10151     Document Type: Article

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