Double-strand breaks in the myotonic dystrophy type 1 and the fragile X syndrome triplet repeat sequences induce different types of mutations in DNA flanking sequences in Escherichia coli.

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The putative role of double-strand breaks (DSBs) created in vitro by restriction enzyme cleavage in or near CGG*CCG or CTG*CAG repeat tracts on their genetic instabilities, both within the repeats and in their flanking sequences, was investigated in an Escherichia coli plasmid system. DSBs at TRS junctions with the vector generated a large number of mutagenic events in flanking sequences whereas DSBs within the...

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