Article
[Huntington chorea: genetics and biochemistry, diagnosis and therapy].
Acta pharmaceutica Hungarica - 1 Jan 2002
Borbás Tímea, Hegyesi Hargita
Abstract excerpt
Huntington chorea (HC) is a serious neurodegenerative disease. Its genetic background has recently been discovered by positional cloning due to the enormous progress in molecular biology. This disease is caused by the mutation of CAG, a changeable, repetitive Citosin-Adenin-Guanin trinucleotide sequence. The protein coded by this sequence is called huntingtin. The role of huntingtin is known neither in mutant nor...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
