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trinucleotide repeat expansion: a standalone construct

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Genetics

the lengthening of a run of three-base repeats across generations, which causes disorders such as fragile X syndrome.

In genetics, trinucleotide repeat expansion refers to the lengthening of a run of three-base repeats across generations, which causes disorders such as fragile X syndrome. This meaning comes from Verkerk (1991) in Cell.[1]

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References

  1. Verkerk, A. J. M. H., Pieretti, M., Sutcliffe, J. S., Fu, Y., Kuhl, D. P. A., Pizzuti, A., Reiner, O., Richards, S., Victoria, M. F., Zhang, F., Eussen, B. E., van Ommen, G. B., Blonden, L. A. J., Riggins, G. J., Chastain, J. L., Kunst, C. B., Galjaard, H., Thomas Caskey, C., Nelson, D. L., Oostra, B. A., & Warren, S. T. (1991). Identification of a gene (FMR-1) containing a CGG repeat coincident with a breakpoint cluster region exhibiting length variation in fragile X syndrome. Cell, 65(5), 905-914. https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(91)90397-h

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