Expansions of CAG•CTG repeats in immortalized human astrocytes

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 3088-3096

  Claassen, David A ^a   Lahue, Robert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL LINE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASTROCYTES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 36248939736     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm270     Document Type: Article

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