huntingtin

Noun

Meaning

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huntingtin (countable and uncountable, plural huntingtins)

(biochemistry) A protein whose polymorphism is associated with Huntington's disease.

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Examples

Expansion of CAG ( cytosine adenine guanine ) triplet repeats in the gene coding for the Huntingtin protein results in an abnormal protein, which gradually damages cells in the brain, through mechanisms that are not fully understood. Source: Internet

The Huntingtin gene provides the genetic information for a protein that is also called "huntingtin". Source: Internet

When the length of this repeated section reaches a certain threshold, it produces an altered form of the protein, called mutant Huntingtin protein (mHTT). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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