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Instability of the fragile X syndrome repeat in mice: the effect of age, diet and mutations in genes that affect DNA replication, recombination and repair proficiency.
Cytogenetic and genome research - 1 Jan 2003
Fleming K, Riser D K, Kumari D, Usdin K
Abstract excerpt
Repeat expansion diseases such as fragile X syndrome (FXS) result from increases in the size of a specific tandem repeat array. In addition to large expansions, small changes in repeat number and deletions are frequently seen in FXS pedigrees. No mouse model accurately recapitulates all aspects o...
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