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Gender and cell-type-specific effects of the transcription-coupled repair protein, ERCC6/CSB, on repeat expansion in a mouse model of the fragile X-related disorders.
Human mutation - 1 Mar 2014
Zhao Xiao-Nan, Usdin Karen
Abstract excerpt
The repeat expansion diseases are human genetic disorders that arise from the expansion of a tandem-repeat tract. The Fragile X-related disorders are members of this disease group in which the repeat unit is CGG/CCG and is located in the 5′ untranslated region of the FMR1 gene. Affected individuals often show mosaicism with respect to repeat number resulting from both expansion and contraction of the repeat...
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