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Replication and expansion of trinucleotide repeats in yeast.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Feb 2003
Pelletier Richard, Krasilnikova Maria M, Samadashwily George M, Lahue Robert, Mirkin Sergei M
Abstract excerpt
The mechanisms of trinucleotide repeat expansions, underlying more than a dozen hereditary neurological disorders, are yet to be understood. Here we looked at the replication of (CGG)(n) x (CCG)(n) and (CAG)(n) x (CTG)(n) repeats and their propensity to expand in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Using electrophoretic analysis of replication intermediates, we found that (CGG)(n) x (CCG)(n) repeats significantly attenuate...
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