Avtor/Urednik     Logar, Nataša; Zidar, Janez; Peterlin, Borut
Naslov     Normal (CTG)n repeat expansion in a family with a clinical picture of myotonic dystrophy
Tip     članek
Vir     Acta Cardiomiol
Vol. in št.     Letnik 8
Leto izdaje     1996
Obseg     str. 99-101
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     The amplification of an unstable trinucleotide (CTG)n repeat within the myotonic dystrophy gene is found in approximately 98% of patients with myotonic dystrophy (DM). In 2 patients from one family with clinical diagnosis of DM based on clinical, ophthalmological and EMG examinations, no trinucleotide repeat expansion was found. Normal triplet expansion could be explained by clinical, allelic (e.g. deletions) and nonallelic heterogeneity, or by mitotic mutation in early embryonic development. Further molecular genetic analysis of this family is underway to explain the observed phenomenon.
Deskriptorji     MYOTONIA ATROPHICA
TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS
PEDIGREE
POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION
DNA
BLOTTING, SOUTHERN
ALLELES