Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophy
I
thought I would spend some time thinking about the repeats of DNA
that cause problems for people with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. They
have repeats of CAG and GCG.
It
rang a bell and upon checking the article on Huntington's Disease I
found that repeats of CAG cause the problems with MD.
Having
said that errors when coding for RNA with CAG also have the potential
to produce the error GCG. This leads me to wonder if repeats of the
same letters are more likely for a variety of illnesses. If you are
interested in D.M.D. It might be worth reading the article on
Huntington's.
Thinking further it stands to reason that Proline which is so supportive of weakened muscles and joints must have a part to play in the world of Duchennes and as proline is made from the codons CCC, CCT, CCA and CCG these four are associated with the body parts of chest and reproductive organs strongly, and to a lesser degree feet, liver, skeleton and circulation.
Thinking further it stands to reason that Proline which is so supportive of weakened muscles and joints must have a part to play in the world of Duchennes and as proline is made from the codons CCC, CCT, CCA and CCG these four are associated with the body parts of chest and reproductive organs strongly, and to a lesser degree feet, liver, skeleton and circulation.
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