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Expanded CTG repeat demarcates a boundary for abnormal CpG methylation in myotonic dystrophy patient tissues.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jan 2011
López Castel Arturo, Nakamori Masayuki, Tomé Stephanie, Chitayat David, Gourdon Geneviève, Thornton Charles A, Pearson Christopher E
Abstract excerpt
Myotonic dystrophy (DM1) affects multiple organs, shows age-dependent progression and is caused by CTG expansions at the DM1 locus. We determined the DM1 CpG methylation profile and CTG length in tissues from DM1 foetuses, DM1 adults, non-affected individuals and transgenic DM1 mice. Analysis inc...
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