Hirst M C
Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK.
J Med Genet. 1995 Oct;32(10):761-3. doi: 10.1136/jmg.32.10.761.
Our understanding of FMRI trinucleotide instability has increased dramatically with knowledge of its detailed structures. While most arrays seem to be protected by interspersions, for a few the price of perfection is instability. Although there remain many unanswered questions, diagnosis in the “grey zone” can be greatly improved by studying array content. For the future, as we strive to delineate normal from premutation, we should increasingly be able to estimate rates of instability for future generations and predict the risk of conversion to the full mutation.
随着对功能磁共振成像(FMRI)三核苷酸不稳定性详细结构的了解,我们对它的认识有了显著提高。虽然大多数阵列似乎受到间隔序列的保护,但对少数阵列而言,完美的代价却是不稳定性。尽管仍有许多问题未得到解答,但通过研究阵列内容,“灰色地带”的诊断可以得到极大改善。展望未来,当我们努力区分正常状态与前突变状态时,我们应该越来越能够估计后代的不稳定性发生率,并预测转变为完全突变的风险。