Expanding triplet repeat

expanding triplet repeat

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Definition

Glossary of "Life (9th ed.)" by Sadava et al. (2011)

• A tree-base-pair sequence in a human gene that is unstable and can be repeated a few to hundreds of times. Often, the more the repeats, the less the activity of the gene involved. Expanding triplet repeats occur in some human diseases such as Huntington’s diseases and fragile-X syndrome.

文献（引用）

• Sadava, D., Hillis, D. M., Heller, H. C. & Berenbaum, M. R. 2011. Life: The Science of Biology, 9th ed. -xliv + 1266 pp. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland.

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