title: [Huntington's disease--advances in gene mapping].
abstract: Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor disturbance, cognitive loss, and psychiatric manifestations. It is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. The genetic defect causing HD was assigned to chromosome 4 in 1983 using polymorphic DNA markers in humans. Thereafter, a location cloning approach was pursued to isolate and characterize the HD gene. Recently, the Huntington's disease collaborative research group has isolated a new gene, IT 15, in 4p 16.3. IT 15 contains a polymorphic trinucleotide repeat that is expanded and unstable on HD chromosomes. A (CAG)n repeat longer than the normal range was observed on HD chromosomes from disease families. The (CAG)n repeat appears to be located within the coding sequence of a predicted 348 kd protein that is unrelated to any known gene.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002894:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D006801:Humans; D000071058:Huntingtin Protein; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: C086055:HTT protein, human; D000071058:Huntingtin Protein; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D004247:DNA