Noncoding trinucleotide repeats

Table 1 Diseases resulting from expansions of noncoding trinucleotide repeats...

Trinucleotide repeat expansion Amplification from one generation to the next of three nucleotide repeats in the coding or noncoding regions of DNA. The mechanism may arise from DNA complimentary strand slippage. This is associated with fragile X syndrome and myotonic dystrophy. 

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