Investigating the mechanism of chromosomal deletion: Characterization of 39 deletion breakpoints in introns 47 and 48 of the human dystrophin gene

Genomics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 523-530

  Toffolatti, Luisa ^a   Cardazzo, Barbara ^a   Nobile, Carlo ^a   Danieli, Gian Antonio ^a   Gualandi, Francesca ^b   Muntoni, Francesco ^c   Abbs, Steve ^c   Zanetti, Patrizia ^a   Angelini, Corrado ^a   Ferlini, Alessandra ^b   Fanin, Marina ^a   Patarnello, Tomaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breakpoints; Deletion junctions; Dystrophin gene; Intron 47; Intron 48; Recombination mechanisms; Repetitive elements

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE; HUMAN; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DYSTROPHIN; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 18744400225     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0888-7543(02)96861-8     Document Type: Article

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