Molecular Mechanisms of Polyglutamine Pathology and Lessons Learned from Huntington’s Disease

Identification of polymorphic repeating units on DNA as a cause of many neurological disorders has introduced a new concept in molecular biology: Dynamic mutations. Many of the identified dynamic mutations involve expansion of trinucleotide repeats within disease genes. Nine neurodegenerative disord...

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Main Author: Tunalı, Nagehan Ersoy
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: IntechOpen 2020
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Online Access:https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/74067
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