What is a microsatellite: A computational and experimental definition based upon repeat mutational behavior at A/T and GT/AC repeats

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 620-635

  Kelkar, Yogeshwar D ^a   Strubczewski, Noelle ^a,b   Hile, Suzanne E ^a,b   Chiaromonte, Francesca ^a   Eckert, Kristin A ^a,b   Makova, Kateryna D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase fidelity; Indel mutations; Microsatellites; Polymorphism; Strand slippage; Threshold

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION;

AT RICH SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77958483312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evq046     Document Type: Article

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