polyglutamine

polyglutamine
poly·glu·ta·mine (pol″e-glooґtə-mēn) a stretch of glutamine residues in a protein; expanded numbers of such residues are associated with several triplet repeat disorders. See also polyglutamine disorders, under disorder.

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