Trinucleotide repeat expansion
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title:
Trinucleotide repeat expansion
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A trinucleotide repeat expansion, also known as a triplet repeat expansion, is the DNA mutation responsible for causing any type of disorder categorized as a trinucleotide repeat disorder. These are labelled in dynamical genetics as dynamic mutations. Triplet expansion is caused by slippage during DNA replication, also known as "copy choice" DNA replication. Due to the repetitive nature of the DNA sequence in these regions, 'loop out' structures may form during DNA replication while maintaining
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DNA mutation involving an increase in number of trinucleotide repeats
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinucleotide_repeat_expansion
date created:
2006-06-25T18:27:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T11:50:11Z
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