Preferred Label : microsatellite repeats;
MeSH definition : A variety of simple repeat sequences that are distributed throughout the GENOME. They
are characterized by a short repeat unit of 2-8 basepairs that is repeated up to 100
times. They are also known as short tandem repeats (STRs).;
MeSH synonym : short tandem repeat; repeat, short tandem; microsatellite repeat; repeat, microsatellite; repeats, microsatellite; short tandem repeats; repeats, short tandem; tandem repeat, short; tandem repeats, short; microsatellites; microsatellite; microsatellite markers; marker, microsatellite; markers, microsatellite; microsatellite marker; simple sequence repeats; repeat, simple sequence; repeats, simple sequence; sequence repeat, simple; sequence repeats, simple; simple sequence repeat; simple repetitive sequence; repetitive sequence, simple; repetitive sequences, simple; sequence, simple repetitive; sequences, simple repetitive; simple repetitive sequences;
MeSH hyponym : tetranucleotide repeats; pentanucleotide repeats; Pentanucleotide Repeat; Repeat, Pentanucleotide; Repeats, Pentanucleotide; Repeat, Tetranucleotide; Repeats, Tetranucleotide; Tetranucleotide Repeat;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsatellite repeats;
Is substance : O;
Origin ID : D018895;
UMLS CUI : C1519302;
Allowable qualifiers
- Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
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A variety of simple repeat sequences that are distributed throughout the GENOME. They
are characterized by a short repeat unit of 2-8 basepairs that is repeated up to 100
times. They are also known as short tandem repeats (STRs).
