[Population and family studies of CAG repeats in the IT-15 gene]
O V Malysheva1, T E Ivashchenko, V S Baranov
1Ott Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia. baranov@vb2475.spb.edu
Abstract:
A simple and effective method for typing of CAG repeats in the IT-15 gene has been suggested. This method was applied for examination of the CAG allele distribution in Huntington's disease (HD) patients in five different populations from the Commonwealth of Independent States. A total of 21 normal alleles with the sizes ranging from 9 to 32 triplet repeat units were revealed. Moreover, alleles with the size ranging from 16 to 20 repeats predominated constituting from 54.4 to 74.6% of all alleles in different populations. The number of repeats in one allele in HD patients exceeded 38 units (43 triplets on average). In two families an increase in the CAG repeat units number in the mutant allele upon its paternal transmission was recorded.
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