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Trinucleotide repeat disease. The androgen receptor in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy.
Vitamins and hormones - 1 Jan 2002
Walcott Jessica L, Merry Diane E
Abstract excerpt
It has been more than 10 years since the discovery that the expansion of a simple CAG trinucleotide repeat within the coding region of the androgen receptor gene leads to the motor neuronopathy spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA). A flurry of investigation into this and the other, more recently discovered, polyglutamine diseases has led to an understanding of many aspects of the molecular pathogenesis of...
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