One cause of the neurodegenerative disease amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the expansion of the repeating hexanucleotide

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One cause of the neurodegenerative disease amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the expansion of the repeating hexanucleotide sequence GGGGCC in the noncoding region of a gene. By unknown mechanisms, the repeating sequence is translated to generate neurotoxic peptides. Predict the sequences of the possible repeating dipeptides.

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Fundamentals Of Biochemistry Life At The Molecular Level

ISBN: 9781118918401

5th Edition

Authors: Donald Voet, Judith G Voet, Charlotte W Pratt

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