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Science & ResearchAug 16, 2026

Mechanistic insights into RAN translation within the Huntingtin coding sequence

Nucleotide repeat expansions support production of toxic peptides from putatively non-coding regions of the human genome without use of an AUG initiation codon.

Nucleotide repeat expansions support production of toxic peptides from putatively non-coding regions of the human genome without use of an AUG initiation codon. This process, known as RAN translation, was originally described at CAG repeats with products generated in all three…

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