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tandem repeat
(redirected from Dinucleotide repeat)

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tandem repeat,
appearance of two or more identical segments close to each other within a strand of DNA.
repeat [rĕ-pēt´]
something done or occurring more than once, particularly over and over.
long terminal r's identical nucleotide sequences occurring at each end of a proviral genome or a transposon and believed to be essential for integration of the molecule into host DNA.
tandem repeat appearance of two or more identicle segments close to each other within a strand of DNA.
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Locus HmD59, a dinucleotide repeat, was especially prone to electrophoresis errors (52.
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Variations in the length of the alpha-synuclein gene promoter's dinucleotide repeat sequence have been linked to Parkinson's disease in a study analyzing DNA samples from more than 5,300 subjects around the world.
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Polymerase chain reaction was carried out as previously described (5) using published sequences of 3 different mononucleotide (BAT-25, BAT-26, BAT-40) and 4 dinucleotide repeat loci (D2S123, D3S1266, D5S346, D17S250) on chromosomes 4q12, 2p21-22, 1p13.
Detection of microsatellite instability from archival, ... by Trojan, Joerg; Raedle, Jochen; Herrmann, Guenter; Brieger, Angela; Zeuzem, Stefan / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
 
 
 
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