Slipped (CTG)·(CAG) repeats of the myotonic dystrophy locus: Surface probing with Anti-DNA antibodies

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 332, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 585-600

  Tam, Mandy ^a   Montgomery, S Erin ^a,b   Kekis, Mariana ^a,b   Stollar, B David ^c   Price, Gerald B ^d   Pearson, Christopher E ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti DNA antibodies; DNA slipped structures; Electrophoresis; Myotonic dystrophy type 1; Trinucleotide repeat

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA ANTIBODY; DNA HYBRID; DNA Z; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; THYMINE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ATAXIN 1; ATAXIN-1; HETERODUPLEX; MAGNESIUM; NERVE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOSIDE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA PROBE; DNA STRUCTURE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCUS; ISOMER; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ATAXIA;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BASE PAIRING; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; NUCLEOSIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0141905026     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00880-5     Document Type: Article

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