Huntington Disease Genetics
Research on Huntington disease genetics detailed by scientists at University of Glasgow, Institute of Biomedical and Life Science
Published in Proteomics Weekly, July 9th, 2007
Researchers detail in "Inherited CAG.CTG allele length is a major modifier of somatic mutation length variability in Huntington disease," new data in Huntington disease. "Huntington disease (HD) is associated with an unstable trinucleotide CAG.CTG repeat expansion. Although the repeat length is inversely correlated with the age-at-onset of symptoms, variability between patients who have inherited the same HD repeat length clearly suggests that other factors influence this aspect of the disease," scientists writing in the journal DNA Repair report.
"As repeat length profiles in somatic tissues suggest that repeat length gains may contribute to both the...
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