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Uninterrupted CCTG tracts in the myotonic dystrophy type 2 associated locus.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Jul 2013
Radvanszky Jan, Surovy Milan, Polak Emil, Kadasi Ludevit
Abstract excerpt
Myotonic dystrophy comprises at least two genetically distinct forms, DM1 and DM2. DM2 is caused by expansion of the (CCTG)n repeat tract in the CNBP gene. The CCTG tract is generally interrupted in healthy range alleles by GCTG, TCTG or ACTG motifs. However, alleles with uninterrupted tracts have been reported on expanded alleles, and occasionally on large-sized healthy range alleles. Therefore, these...
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