THE MOLECULAR-BASIS OF FRAGILE SITES IN HUMAN-CHROMOSOMES

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SUTHERLAND, GR
RICHARDS, RI
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[1] Centre for Medical Genetics, Department of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
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10.1016/0959-437X(95)80046-8
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
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Fragile sites on chromosomes have been classified into a number of groups according to their frequency and the conditions required to induce them. A number of the rare folate-sensitive fragile sites have been characterized and shown to be amplified methylated CCG trinucleotide repeats. One common fragile site has been partly characterized and appears to be a region of fragility, rather than a single site.
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