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"Mitotic drive" of expanded CTG repeats in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1).
Human molecular genetics - 1 Apr 2001
Khajavi M, Tari A M, Patel N B, Tsuji K, Siwak D R, Meistrich M L, Terry N H, Ashizawa T
Abstract excerpt
In myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), an expanded CTG repeat shows repeat size instability in somatic and germ line tissues with a strong bias toward further expansion. To investigate the mechanism of this expansion bias, 29 DM1 and six normal lymphoblastoid cell lines (LBCLs) were single-cell clon...
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