Postzygotic instability of the myotonic dystrophy p[AGC]n repeat supported by larger expansions in muscle and reduced amplifications in sperm
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Zeitschrift für Neurologie
- Vol. 242 (6) , 379-383
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00868393
Abstract
We have analysed the [AGC] expansion in leucocytes, muscle and sperm from 17 individuals affected by myotonic dystrophy (DM). Skeletal muscle showed a larger repeat number than leucocytes in the same patient. A similar degree of expansion was detected in differently affected muscles of a single patient. The germline mutation (≤ 350 repeats) was expanded in somatic cells of the progeny in all patients examined. Our results provide evidence of an early postzygotic instability of the [AGC] repeat in DM.Keywords
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