CAG·CTG repeat instability in cultured human astrocytes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 4495-4505

  Farrell, Brian T ^a   Lahue, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; EX VIVO STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ALLELE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY;

ALLELES; ASTROCYTES; CELL LINE; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 33750032103     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl614     Document Type: Article

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