File:Healthy Huntingtin protein and Huntingtin gene mutated by Huntington's Disease.jpg: Difference between revisions

The Huntingtin protein in an individual not affected by Huntington's disease will have a CAG (cytosine-guanine-adenine)repeat of 10-26. The Huntigntin gene in an individual affected by Huntington's disease is mutated which causes a CAG repeat of 36-121 times in the Huntingtin protein. This leads to neurodegenration and the consequent loss of cognitive abilities due to complications created by the expanded polyglutamine tract.

Illsutrated by: z3290270

Inspiration: Illustration by Emily Carlson of National Institute of Medical Sciences, Living with Huntington's. </ref> http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/findings/sept08/hunting.asp </ref>

Reference

http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/findings/sept08/hunting.asp

Beginning six months after publication, I z3290270 grant the public the non-exclusive right to copy, distribute, or display the Work under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode