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An expanded CAG repeat sequence in spinocerebellar ataxia type 7.
Genome research - 1 Oct 1996
Lindblad K, Savontaus M L, Stevanin G, Holmberg M, Digre K, Zander C, Ehrsson H, David G, Benomar A, Nikoskelainen E, Trottier Y, Holmgren G, Ptacek L J, Anttinen A, Brice A, Schalling M
Abstract excerpt
Expanded CAG repeat sequences have been identified in the coding region of genes mutated in several neurodegenerative disorders, including spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 and Machado-Joseph disease. In all disorders described to date the CAG expansion codes for an elongated polyglutamine chain. An...
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