The balancing act of DNA repeat expansions

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 280-288

  Kim, Jane C ^a   Mirkin, Sergei M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

CAG REPEAT; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE DELETION; GENE SWITCHING; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DNA; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPEAT EXPANSION; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 84879888914     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2013.04.009     Document Type: Review

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