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Sequence-dependent effect of interruptions on microsatellite mutation rate in mismatch repair-deficient human cells.
Mutation research - 2 Apr 2008
Boyer Jayne C, Hawk Joshua D, Stefanovic Lela, Farber Rosann A
Abstract excerpt
Although microsatellite mutation rates generally increase with increasing length of the repeat tract, interruptions in a microsatellite may stabilize it. We have performed a direct analysis of the effect of microsatellite interruptions on mutation rate and spectrum in cultured mammalian cells. Two mononucleotide sequences (G(17) and A(17)) and a dinucleotide [(CA)(17)] were compared with interrupted repeats of...
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