Molecular genetics of triplet repeats: unstable expansion of triplet repeats as a new mechanism for neurodegenerative diseases.

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.36.3

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Molecular genetics of triplet repeats: unstable expansion of triplet repeats as a new mechanism for neurodegenerative diseases.

Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 1997

Tsuji S

Abstract excerpt

Expansion of trinucleotide repeats has been identified as a common mechanism of hereditary neurodegenerative diseases including spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), Huntington's disease, dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA), Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), fragile X syndrome, myotonic...

Topics

Age of Onset
Animals
Humans
Minisatellite Repeats
Molecular Biology
Nervous System Diseases
Phenotype
Trinucleotide Repeats

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