TRPing up the genome: tandem repeat polymorphisms as dynamic sources of genetic variability in health and disease.

Discov Med. 2010 Oct;10(53):314-21.

Hannan AJ.
Howard Florey Institute, Florey Neuroscience Institutes and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia

Keyword: Repetitive DNA sequences, tandem repeat polymorphisms (TRPs), genomic variability, post-mitotic instability, neuronal function and dysfunction, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), monogenic disorders, Huntington's disease, spinocerebellar ataxias, polyglutamine diseases, Friedreich ataxia, fragile X syndrome, myoclonic epilepsy, polyalanine disorders, myotonic dystrophy. "missing heritability".