Huntington's disease: CAG genetics expands neurobiology.

doi:10.1016/0959-4388(95)80072-7

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Huntington's disease: CAG genetics expands neurobiology.

Current opinion in neurobiology - 1 Oct 1995

Gusella J F, MacDonald M E

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Huntington's disease, with its progressive uncontrolled movements and characteristic selective neuropathology, has represented a baffling enigma to geneticists and neurobiologists alike. Discovery of the HD gene and its defect has demystified the genetic aspects of the disorder, but has not yet e...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Humans
Huntington Disease
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid

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