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Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion

"Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An increased number of contiguous trinucleotide repeats in the DNA sequence from one generation to the next. The presence of these regions is associated with diseases such as FRAGILE X SYNDROME and MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY. Some CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES are composed of sequences where trinucleotide repeat expansion occurs.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion" by people in this website by year, and whether "Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 21 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2017 and 2018
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