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Insertion of expanded CAG trinucleotide repeat motifs into a yeast artificial chromosome containing the human Machado-Joseph disease gene.
Gene - 5 Aug 1999
Cemal C K, Huxley C, Chamberlain S
Abstract excerpt
Machado-Joseph disease or spinocerebellar ataxia 3 (SCA3) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by pathological expansion of a trinucleotide repeat motif present within exon 4 of the MJD1 gene. Previous attempts to create a transgenic animal model have failed to produce a neurologica...
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