A Z-DNA sequence reduces slipped-strand structure formation in the myotonic dystrophy type 2 (CCTG)·(CAGG) repeat

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3270-3275

  Edwards, Sharon F ^a,b   Sirito, Mario ^c   Krahe, Ralf ^c   Sinden, Richard R ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative DNA structure; DNA repeat diseases; DNA repeat expansion; Repeat instability

Indexed keywords

DNA Z;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; INTRON; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZNF9 GENE;

5' FLANKING REGION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, Z-FORM; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 62549120069     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0807699106     Document Type: Article

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