Progressive GAA·TTC repeat expansion in human cell lines

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Ditch, Scott ^a   Sammarco, Mimi C ^a   Banerjee, Ayan ^a   Grabczyk, Ed ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GAA TTC; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 73449084162     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000704     Document Type: Article

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