myotonin protein kinase gene or myotonic dystrophy-1

Introduction

19q13.3

Structure

• contains trinucleotide repeat (CTG) in 3' untranslated region

Pathology

• mutant gene in myotonic dystrophy 1

More general terms

• unclassified gene

Additional terms

• myotonic dystrophy; Steinert disease; myotonia dystrophica

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=1760