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Satellog: a database for the identification and prioritization of satellite repeats in disease association studies.
BMC bioinformatics - 10 Jun 2005
Missirlis Perseus I, Mead Carri-Lyn R, Butland Stefanie L, Ouellette B F Francis, Devon Rebecca S, Leavitt Blair R, Holt Robert A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: To date, 35 human diseases, some of which also exhibit anticipation, have been associated with unstable repeats. Anticipation has been reported in a number of diseases in which repeat expansion may have a role in etiology. Despite the growing importance of unstable repeats in disease, currently no resource exists for the prioritization of repeats. Here we present Satellog, a database that catalogs all...
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