Navarrete C, Martinez I, Salamanca F
Unit of Investigation in Human Genetics, National Medical Center, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F.
Genet Couns. 1994;5(2):175-8.
Very early onset of chorea of Huntington is described in two sibs who have received the mutated gene from their affected father and grandfather. The consequences and the molecular mechanisms of germinal genomic imprinting and the amplification of the expanded CAG trinucleotide repeat are discussed.
在两名从患病父亲和祖父那里继承了突变基因的同胞中,描述了亨廷顿舞蹈症的极早发症状。文中讨论了生殖系基因组印记以及扩展的CAG三核苷酸重复序列扩增的后果和分子机制。