title: Analysis of the huntingtin gene reveals a trinucleotide-length polymorphism in the region of the gene that contains two CCG-rich stretches and a correlation between decreased age of onset of Huntington's disease and CAG repeat number.
authors.affiliation: East Anglian Regional Genetics Service Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Rubinsztein
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Davison
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ferguson-Smith
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid