title: Instability of normal (CTG)n alleles in the DM kinase gene.
abstract: We report on a myotonic dystrophy (DM) family exhibiting instability of normal sized (CTG)n alleles in the DM kinase gene on the non-DM chromosome. At least two mutational events involving normal DM alleles must have occurred in this family; one was characterised as a 34-35 (CTG)n repeat mutation. These findings represent a dissociation between (CTG)n repeat instability and myotonic dystrophy. Furthermore, this family highlights genetic counselling issues relating to the pathogenicity of alleles at the upper end of the normal size range and the risk of further expansion into the disease range.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Dow
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Rubinsztein
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ferguson-Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000235:genetics*; D065636:Myotonin-Protein Kinase; D010375:Pedigree; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D018911:Trinucleotide Repeats
chemical_list: C585517:DMPK protein, human; D065636:Myotonin-Protein Kinase; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases