Trinucleotide repeat expansions: Timing is everything

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 455-457

  Nag, Dilip K ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; CELL DIVISION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GERM CELL; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0344009564     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2003.09.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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