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Re-examination of factors associated with expansion of CGG repeats using a single nucleotide polymorphism in FMR1.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Nov 1998
Gunter C, Paradee W, Crawford D C, Meadows K A, Newman J, Kunst C B, Nelson D L, Schwartz C, Murray A, Macpherson J N, Sherman S L, Warren S T
Abstract excerpt
In at least 98% of fragile X syndrome cases, the disease results from expansion of the CGG repeat in the 5' end of FMR1. The use of microsatellite markers in the FMR1 region has revealed a disparity of risk between haplotypes for CGG repeat expansion. Although instability appears to depend on both the haplotype and the AGG interspersion pattern of the repeat, these factors alone do not completely describe the...
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