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Evaluation of IP-RP-HPLC for length determination of the trinucleotide repeat fragments in Huntington's disease.
Journal of chromatographic science - 1 Jan 2010
Skrzypczak Marzena, Heinritz Wolfram, Schulz Anna M, Mierzejewski Marek, Froster Ursula G
Abstract excerpt
Expansion of an unstable trinucleotide (CAG)(n) repeat region within exon 1 of the gene IT15 causes autosomal, dominantly inherited Huntington's disease (HD). The number of CAG-repeats varies from 6 to 35 in normal individuals, whereas in affected patients the expanded allele contains 40 or more CAG-repeats. Thus, exact determination of both alleles of the gene (normal and expanded) on the molecular level is of...
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