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Title: Briefly describe the mutant status of the HD gene.
Post by: Lobcity on Jul 13, 2021

Briefly describe the mutant status of the HD gene.

Title: Briefly describe the mutant status of the HD gene.
Post by: alexanderhamilton on Jul 13, 2021

The HD gene encodes a 350 kd protein (huntingtin) in which mutant alleles have extra CAG trinucleotide repeats near the 5' end. Normal individuals have 7 to 34 repeats, whereas those with HD carry more than 40 repeats.