Bidirectional transcription stimulates expansion and contraction of expanded (CTG)•(CAG) repeats

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 580-588

  Nakamori, Masayuki ^a   Pearson, Christopher E ^b,c   Thornton, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAG REPEAT; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SOMATIC CELL;

CELL LINE; FIBROBLASTS; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 78651099242     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq501     Document Type: Article

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