Microsatellite Repeats

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Bayesian Approach to Inferring Rates of Selfing and Locus-Specific Mutation. 
  • A common variant associated with prostate cancer in European and African populations. 
  • A duplication in chromosome 4q35 is associated with hereditary benign intraepithelial dyskeratosis. 
  • A formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE)-based prognostic signature to predict metastasis in clinically low risk stage I/II microsatellite stable colorectal cancer. 
  • A genetic map in the Mimulus guttatus species complex reveals transmission ratio distortion due to heterospecific interactions 
  • A genome-wide linkage analysis of dementia in the Amish. 
  • A genome-wide search for linkage to asthma phenotypes in the genetics of asthma international network families: evidence for a major susceptibility locus on chromosome 2p. 
  • A genomewide scan for early-onset coronary artery disease in 438 families: the GENECARD Study. 
  • A genomewide screen in multiplex rheumatoid arthritis families suggests genetic overlap with other autoimmune diseases. 
  • A genomic screen of autism: evidence for a multilocus etiology. 
  • A microsatellite linkage map of Drosophila mojavensis. 
  • A multi-locus assessment of connectivity and historical demography in the bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum). 
  • A region of interstitial 17q25 allelic loss in ovarian tumors coincides with a defined region of loss in breast tumors. 
  • A second major histocompatibility complex susceptibility locus for multiple sclerosis. 
  • A second-generation genomic screen for multiple sclerosis. 
  • Abundant raw material for cis-regulatory evolution in humans. 
  • Age at maturity in wild baboons: genetic, environmental and demographic influences. 
  • Allele loss on chromosome 1p36 in epithelial ovarian cancers. 
  • Allelotype analysis of uterine leiomyoma: localization of a potential tumor suppressor gene to a 4-cM region of chromosome 7q. 
  • Analysis of Xq27-28 linkage in the international consortium for prostate cancer genetics (ICPCG) families. 
  • Analysis of microsatellite mutations in the mitochondrial DNA of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Analysis of the autism chromosome 2 linkage region: GAD1 and other candidate genes. 
  • Asexual reproduction in a close relative of Arabidopsis: a genetic investigation of apomixis in Boechera (Brassicaceae). 
  • Association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the tau gene with late-onset Parkinson disease. 
  • Association study of genetic polymorphisms of SLC2A10 gene and type 2 diabetes in the Taiwanese population. 
  • Between-site differences in the scale of dispersal and gene flow in red oak. 
  • Biallelic inactivation of hMLH1 by epigenetic gene silencing, a novel mechanism causing human MSI cancers. 
  • Caenorhabditis elegans DNA mismatch repair gene msh-2 is required for microsatellite stability and maintenance of genome integrity. 
  • Characterization of sporadic colon cancer by patterns of genomic instability. 
  • Chromosome 3 analysis of uveal melanoma using fine-needle aspiration biopsy at the time of plaque radiotherapy in 140 consecutive cases. 
  • Chromosome 3 analysis of uveal melanoma using fine-needle aspiration biopsy at the time of plaque radiotherapy in 140 consecutive cases: the Deborah Iverson, MD, Lectureship. 
  • Chromosome rearrangements via template switching between diverged repeated sequences. 
  • Clinical phenotype and linkage analysis of the congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles in an Indian family. 
  • Clonality of combined tumors. 
  • Coexistence of macular corneal dystrophy types I and II in a single sibship. 
  • Combinatorial Mismatch Scan (CMS) for loci associated with dementia in the Amish. 
  • Comparative population structure of two deep-sea hydrothermal-vent-associated decapods (Chorocaris sp. 2 and Munidopsis lauensis) from southwestern Pacific back-arc basins. 
  • Comparison of molecular markers in a cohort of patients with chronic myeloproliferative disorders. 
  • Complete genomic screen in Parkinson disease: evidence for multiple genes. 
  • Confirmation of a second locus for CMT2 and evidence for additional genetic heterogeneity. 
  • Cross-species amplification, non-invasive genotyping, and non-Mendelian inheritance of human STRPs in Savannah baboons. 
  • Cross-species microsatellite markers for elucidating population genetic structure in Arabidopsis and Arabis (Brassicaeae). 
  • Cytogenetic and molecular analysis of inv dup(15) chromosomes observed in two patients with autistic disorder and mental retardation. 
  • Deciphering Elevated Microsatellite Alterations at Selected Tetra/Pentanucleotide Repeats, Microsatellite Instability, and Loss of Heterozygosity in Colorectal Cancers. 
  • Destabilization of yeast micro- and minisatellite DNA sequences by mutations affecting a nuclease involved in Okazaki fragment processing (rad27) and DNA polymerase delta (pol3-t). 
  • Detailed molecular analysis of 1p36 in neuroblastoma. 
  • Detection of proximal colorectal cancers through analysis of faecal DNA. 
  • Differences in Microsatellite Instability Profiles between Endometrioid and Colorectal Cancers: A Potential Cause for False-Negative Results? 
  • Disease Expression and Familial Transmission of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy With and Without CTG18.1 Expansion. 
  • Distal nephron renal tumors: microsatellite allelotype. 
  • Distribution and abundance of microsatellites in the yeast genome can Be explained by a balance between slippage events and point mutations. 
  • Diverse hypermutability of multiple expressed sequence motifs present in a cancer with microsatellite instability. 
  • Donor-Derived Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Transmission to Two Kidney Transplant Recipients Demonstrated by Short Tandem Repeat Analysis: A Case Report. 
  • Dynamics of microsatellite divergence under stepwise mutation and proportional slippage/point mutation models. 
  • Ecological divergence associated with mating system causes nearly complete reproductive isolation between sympatric Mimulus species. 
  • Enhancing linkage analysis of complex disorders: an evaluation of high-density genotyping. 
  • Epigenetic inactivation of RUNX3 in microsatellite unstable sporadic colon cancers. 
  • Epstein-Barr virus in gastric adenocarcinomas: association with ethnicity and CDKN2A promoter methylation. 
  • Equilibrium distributions of microsatellite repeat length resulting from a balance between slippage events and point mutations. 
  • Estimating seed and pollen movement in a monoecious plant: a hierarchical Bayesian approach integrating genetic and ecological data. 
  • Evaluation of microsatellite instability, hMLH1 expression and hMLH1 promoter hypermethylation in defining the MSI phenotype of colorectal cancer. 
  • Evidence for loss of heterozygosity of 5q in sporadic haemangiomas: are somatic mutations involved in haemangioma formation? 
  • Evidence for multiple loci from a genome scan of autism kindreds. 
  • Evidence for sexuality in the opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. 
  • Evidence that a locus for familial high myopia maps to chromosome 18p. 
  • Evolutionary history of microsatellites in the obscura group of Drosophila. 
  • Expanded Satellite Repeats Amplify a Discrete CENP-A Nucleosome Assembly Site on Chromosomes that Drive in Female Meiosis. 
  • Expansion of the Parkinson disease-associated SNCA-Rep1 allele upregulates human alpha-synuclein in transgenic mouse brain. 
  • Exponential distance statistics to detect the effects of population subdivision. 
  • Familial variable expression of dilated cardiomyopathy in Alström syndrome: a report of four sibs. 
  • Favorable survival associated with microsatellite instability in endometrioid endometrial cancers. 
  • Fine localization of the CMT4A locus using a PAC contig and haplotype analysis. 
  • Fine mapping of Wilms' tumors with 16q loss of heterozygosity localizes the putative tumor suppressor gene to a region of 6.7 megabases. 
  • Fine mapping of the chromosome 12 late-onset Alzheimer disease locus: potential genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity. 
  • Fine structure mapping of CIAS1: identification of an ancestral haplotype and a common FCAS mutation, L353P. 
  • Fine-scale population genetic structure in a fission-fusion society. 
  • Forensics. Familial DNA testing scores a win in serial killer case. 
  • Frequent inactivation of PTEN by promoter hypermethylation in microsatellite instability-high sporadic colorectal cancers. 
  • Frequent loss of heterozygosity on chromosome arm 18q in squamous cell carcinomas. Identification of 2 regions of loss--18q11.1-q12.3 and 18q21.1-q23. 
  • Functional analysis of intra-allelic variation at NACP-Rep1 in the alpha-synuclein gene. 
  • Functional repeats (TGYCC)n in the p53-inducible gene 3 (PIG3) promoter and susceptibility to squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. 
  • Further exclusion of FSHD1B from the telomeric region of 10q. 
  • Gene duplication in the diversification of secondary metabolism: tandem 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases control glucosinolate biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. 
  • Gene expression analysis of tumor infiltrating lymphocyte markers in endometrial cancers indicates no significant increases in those cases with microsatellite instability. 
  • Gene expression profiling of microsatellite unstable and microsatellite stable endometrial cancers indicates distinct pathways of aberrant signaling. 
  • Genetic Evidence of Importation of Drug-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum to Guatemala from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 
  • Genetic analysis of complex diseases. 
  • Genetic complexity and Parkinson's disease. Deane Laboratory Parkinson Disease Research Group. 
  • Genetic control of microsatellite stability. 
  • Genetic effective size of a wild primate population: influence of current and historical demography. 
  • Genetic evidence reveals temporal change in hybridization patterns in a wild baboon population. 
  • Genetic linkage study of high-grade myopia in a Hutterite population from South Dakota. 
  • Genetic structure and genealogy in the Sphagnum subsecundum complex (Sphagnaceae: Bryophyta). 
  • Genetic structure in a dynamic baboon hybrid zone corroborates behavioural observations in a hybrid population. 
  • Genetic variation in the spread of Drosophila subobscura from a nonequilibrium population. 
  • Genetics of drought adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana II. QTL analysis of a new mapping population, KAS-1 x TSU-1. 
  • GenoWatch: a disease gene mining browser for association study. 
  • Genome-scan for IQ discrepancy in autism: evidence for loci on chromosomes 10 and 16. 
  • Genome-wide linkage scan for prostate cancer aggressiveness loci using families from the University of Michigan Prostate Cancer Genetics Project. 
  • Genome-wide linkage scan for prostate cancer susceptibility genes in men with aggressive disease: significant evidence for linkage at chromosome 15q12. 
  • Genome-wide scan for adult onset primary open angle glaucoma. 
  • Genome-wide scan for prostate cancer susceptibility genes using families from the University of Michigan prostate cancer genetics project finds evidence for linkage on chromosome 17 near BRCA1. 
  • Genomewide search for type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes in four American populations. 
  • Genomic FHIT analysis in RER+ and RER- adenocarcinomas of the pancreas. 
  • Genomic and molecular profiling predicts response to temozolomide in melanoma. 
  • Genomic screen and follow-up analysis for autistic disorder. 
  • Geographic patterns of microsatellite variation in Boechera stricta, a close relative of Arabidopsis. 
  • Haplotype analysis in Icelandic families defines a minimal interval for the macular corneal dystrophy type I gene. 
  • High frequency of microsatellites in Drosophila pseudoobscura. 
  • High genetic diversity and population differentiation in Boechera fecunda, a rare relative of Arabidopsis. 
  • High genetic diversity in a remote island population system: sans sex. 
  • Highly variable sperm precedence in the stalk-eyed fly, Teleopsis dalmanni. 
  • Human GFRA1: cloning, mapping, genomic structure, and evaluation as a candidate gene for Hirschsprung disease susceptibility. 
  • Human disturbance causes the formation of a hybrid swarm between two naturally sympatric fish species. 
  • Hypertension and albuminuria in chronic kidney disease mapped to a mouse chromosome 11 locus. 
  • Identification of a novel locus on 2q for autosomal dominant high-grade myopia. 
  • Identification of novel genes in late-onset Alzheimer's disease. 
  • Identification of prohibitin and prohibiton as novel factors binding to the p53 induced gene 3 (PIG3) promoter (TGYCC)(15) motif. 
  • Independent lineages of highly sulfadoxine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum haplotypes, eastern Africa. 
  • Interlaboratory study to validate a STR profiling method for intraspecies identification of mouse cell lines. 
  • Interploidal hybridization and mating patterns in the Sphagnum subsecundum complex. 
  • Isolation and characterization of point mutations in mismatch repair genes that destabilize microsatellites in yeast. 
  • KRAS mutation in stage III colon cancer and clinical outcome following intergroup trial CALGB 89803. 
  • Karyotypic abnormalities create discordance of germline genotype and cancer cell phenotypes. 
  • Linkage analysis for age-related macular degeneration supports a gene on chromosome 10q26. 
  • Linkage disequilibrium at the Angelman syndrome gene UBE3A in autism families. 
  • Linkage of a commoner form of recessive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to chromosome 15q15-q22 markers. 
  • Linkage of a gene causing familial membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type III to chromosome 1. 
  • Linkage of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with frontotemporal dementia to chromosome 9q21-q22. 
  • Linking short tandem repeat polymorphisms with cytosine modifications in human lymphoblastoid cell lines. 
  • Locus heterogeneity, anticipation and reduction of the chromosome 2p minimal candidate region in autosomal dominant familial spastic paraplegia. 
  • Long-distance dispersal and genetic structure of natural populations: an assessment of the inverse isolation hypothesis in peat mosses. 
  • Loss of heterozygosity at chromosome segment Xq25-26.1 in advanced human ovarian carcinomas. 
  • Loss of p53 sensitizes mice with a mutation in Ccm1 (KRIT1) to development of cerebral vascular malformations. 
  • Macroecological patterns of genetic structure and diversity in the aquatic moss Platyhypnidium riparioides. 
  • Methylator resistance mediated by mismatch repair deficiency in a glioblastoma multiforme xenograft. 
  • Microcytic anaemia mice have a mutation in Nramp2, a candidate iron transporter gene. 
  • Microduplication 22q11.2, an emerging syndrome: clinical, cytogenetic, and molecular analysis of thirteen patients. 
  • Microgeographic patterns of genetic divergence and adaptation across natural environments in Boechera stricta (Brassicaceae) 
  • Microsatellite analysis of childhood brain tumors. 
  • Microsatellite analysis of genetic diversity among clinical and nonclinical Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates suggests heterozygote advantage in clinical environments. 
  • Microsatellite instability in yeast: dependence on repeat unit size and DNA mismatch repair genes. 
  • Microsatellite instability in yeast: dependence on the length of the microsatellite. 
  • Microsatellite mutation models: insights from a comparison of humans and chimpanzees. 
  • Microsatellite variation in populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura and Drosophila persimilis. 
  • Mitochondrial C-tract alteration in premalignant lesions of the head and neck: a marker for progression and clonal proliferation. 
  • Molecular analysis of gastric cancer identifies subtypes associated with distinct clinical outcomes. 
  • Molecular characterization of the tumor-suppressive function of nischarin in breast cancer. 
  • Molecular cloning of a novel member of the GLUT family of transporters, SLC2a10 (GLUT10), localized on chromosome 20q13.1: a candidate gene for NIDDM susceptibility. 
  • Molecular profile and copy number analysis of sporadic colorectal cancer in Taiwan. 
  • Morphological and genetic differentiation and reproductive isolation among closely related taxa in the Ipomoea series Batatas. 
  • Morphological and molecular characterization of variation in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) germplasm from Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. 
  • Multilocus microsatellite genotyping array for investigation of genetic epidemiology of Pneumocystis jirovecii. 
  • Mutagenic processing of ribonucleotides in DNA by yeast topoisomerase I. 
  • Mutation and evolution of microsatellites in Drosophila melanogaster. 
  • Mutation in the mismatch repair gene Msh6 causes cancer susceptibility. 
  • Mutation of MYH9, encoding non-muscle myosin heavy chain A, in May-Hegglin anomaly. 
  • Mutation screening of the macrophage migration inhibitory factor gene: positive association of a functional polymorphism of macrophage migration inhibitory factor with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. 
  • Mutations of the p16 gene product are rare in prostate cancer. 
  • Myocilin polymorphisms and high myopia in subjects of European origin. 
  • Narrowing in on the causative defect of an intriguing X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy. 
  • Neuroendocrine gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to juvenile idiopathic arthritis. 
  • New locus for autosomal dominant high myopia maps to the long arm of chromosome 17. 
  • Ninety-six haploid yeast strains with individual disruptions of open reading frames between YOR097C and YOR192C, constructed for the Saccharomyces genome deletion project, have an additional mutation in the mismatch repair gene MSH3. 
  • Nitric oxide synthase 2 promoter polymorphisms and systemic lupus erythematosus in african-americans. 
  • Nitric oxide synthase type 2 promoter polymorphisms, nitric oxide production, and disease severity in Tanzanian children with malaria. 
  • No evidence for maternal-fetal microchimerism in infantile hemangioma: a molecular genetic investigation. 
  • North American origin and recent European establishments of the amphi-Atlantic peat moss Sphagnum angermanicum. 
  • Novel statistical methods for integrating genetic and stable isotope data to infer individual-level migratory connectivity. 
  • Oceanic islands are not sinks of biodiversity in spore-producing plants. 
  • One haploid parent contributes 100% of the gene pool for a widespread species in northwest North America. 
  • Ordered subset linkage analysis supports a susceptibility locus for age-related macular degeneration on chromosome 16p12. 
  • Ordered-subset analysis of savant skills in autism for 15q11-q13. 
  • Origins, genetic structure, and systematics of the narrow endemic peatmosses (Sphagnum): S. guwassanense and S. triseriporum (Sphagnaceae). 
  • PTEN/MMAC1 mutations in endometrial cancers. 
  • Permanent genetic resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 August 2011-30 September 2011. 
  • Persistent genetic instability in cancer cells induced by non-DNA-damaging stress exposures. 
  • Phylogeny and biogeography of the American live oaks (Quercus subsection Virentes): a genomic and population genetics approach. 
  • Plasmodium falciparum sulfadoxine resistance is geographically and genetically clustered within the DR Congo. 
  • Polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting in fungi using single primers specific to minisatellites and simple repetitive DNA sequences: strain variation in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Population genetic structure of Arabidopsis lyrata in Europe. 
  • Precocious osteoarthritis in a family with recurrent COL2A1 mutation. 
  • Primary adenocarcinomas of the lung in nonsmokers show a distinct pattern of allelic imbalance. 
  • Prognostic implications of chromosome 17p deletions in human medulloblastomas. 
  • Prostate cancer susceptibility polymorphism rs2660753 is not associated with invasive ovarian cancer. 
  • Purifying selection, sequence composition, and context-specific indel mutations shape intraspecific variation in a bacterial endosymbiont. 
  • QTL mapping in a mouse model of cardiomyopathy reveals an ancestral modifier allele affecting heart function and survival. 
  • Racial disparity in the frequency of PTEN mutations, but not microsatellite instability, in advanced endometrial cancers. 
  • Recent divergence, intercontinental dispersal and shared polymorphism are shaping the genetic structure of amphi-Atlantic peatmoss populations. 
  • Reduced expression of mismatch repair genes measured by multiplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in human gliomas. 
  • Refinement of the PARK3 locus on chromosome 2p13 and the analysis of 14 candidate genes. 
  • Refinement of the X-linked nonsyndromic high-grade myopia locus MYP1 on Xq28 and exclusion of 13 known positional candidate genes by direct sequencing. 
  • Regulation of alpha-synuclein expression by poly (ADP ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) binding to the NACP-Rep1 polymorphic site upstream of the SNCA gene. 
  • Regulation of alpha-synuclein expression: implications for Parkinson's disease. 
  • Renovascular disease is associated with low producer genotypes of the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10. 
  • Replication of the recessive STBMS1 locus but with dominant inheritance. 
  • Risk factors for ovarian cancers with and without microsatellite instability. 
  • Sequence context of indel mutations and their effect on protein evolution in a bacterial endosymbiont. 
  • Sequence variation in the transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGFB1) gene and multiple sclerosis susceptibility. 
  • Significance of cytokine gene polymorphism in renal transplantation. 
  • Small choroidal melanoma with chromosome 3 monosomy on fine-needle aspiration biopsy. 
  • Smelling wrong: Hormonal contraception in lemurs alters critical female odour cues. 
  • Somatic mutation of hPMS2 as a possible cause of sporadic human colon cancer with microsatellite instability. 
  • Somatic mutations in the chromatin remodeling gene ARID1A occur in several tumor types. 
  • Spatial Genetic Structure of the Abundant and Widespread Peatmoss Sphagnum magellanicum Brid. 
  • Spatial pattern of nucleotide polymorphism indicates molecular adaptation in the bryophyte Sphagnum fimbriatum. 
  • Speciation on a local geographic scale: the evolution of a rare rock outcrop specialist in Mimulus. 
  • Stabilization of microsatellite sequences by variant repeats in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • States and their genetic consequences in central Africa. 
  • Strong founder effect in Drosophila pseudoobscura colonizing New Zealand from North America. 
  • Structural variants can be more informative for disease diagnostics, prognostics and translation than current SNP mapping and exon sequencing. 
  • Structural variants in SNCA gene and the implication to synucleinopathies. 
  • The Finland-United States investigation of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus genetics (FUSION) study. I. An autosomal genome scan for genes that predispose to type 2 diabetes. 
  • The SHREW1 gene, frequently deleted in oligodendrogliomas, functions to inhibit cell adhesion and migration. 
  • The androgen receptor CAG and GGN repeat polymorphisms and prostate cancer susceptibility in African-American men: results from the Flint Men's Health Study. 
  • The effects of quantitative fecundity in the haploid stage on reproductive success and diploid fitness in the aquatic peat moss Sphagnum macrophyllum. 
  • The genetics of reproductive isolation and the potential for gene exchange between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis via backcross hybrid males. 
  • The genetics of speciation by reinforcement. 
  • The geography of malaria genetics in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A complex and fragmented landscape. 
  • The narrow endemic Norwegian peat moss Sphagnum troendelagicum originated before the last glacial maximum. 
  • The spatial scale of genetic subdivision in populations of Ifremeria nautilei, a hydrothermal-vent gastropod from the southwest Pacific. 
  • The ties that bind: genetic relatedness predicts the fission and fusion of social groups in wild African elephants. 
  • Three-genome mosses: complex double allopolyploid origins for triploid gametophytes in Sphagnum. 
  • Toward deciphering the mechanistic role of variations in the Rep1 repeat site in the transcription regulation of SNCA gene. 
  • Transcription factor ICBP90 regulates the MIF promoter and immune susceptibility locus. 
  • Type II collagen gene variants and inherited osteonecrosis of the femoral head. 
  • Use of single nucleotide polymorphism arrays to identify a novel region of loss on chromosome 6q in squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity. 
  • Variation in efficiency of DNA mismatch repair at different sites in the yeast genome. 
  • Variations in the heme oxygenase-1 microsatellite polymorphism are associated with plasma CD14 and viral load in HIV-infected African-Americans. 
  • WRN helicase is a synthetic lethal target in microsatellite unstable cancers. 
  • What can you do with 0.1x genome coverage? A case study based on a genome survey of the scuttle fly Megaselia scalaris (Phoridae). 
  • Where We Stand With Immunotherapy in Colorectal Cancer: Deficient Mismatch Repair, Proficient Mismatch Repair, and Toxicity Management. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Berchuck, Andrew, James M. Ingram Distinguished Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
  • Wray, Gregory Allan, Professor of Biology, Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Yan, Hai, Adjunct Professor of Pathology, Pathology