Double-strand break repair can lead to high frequencies of deletions within short CAG/CTG trinucleotide repeats

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 871-882

  Richard, G F ^a   Dujon, B ^b   Haber, J E ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Double strand break repair; Gene conversion; Trinucleotide repeats; Yeast

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC SCREENING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE CONVERSION; GENOTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE DELETION; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0342965192     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050031     Document Type: Article

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