Tay-Sachs by Rockyboy Black https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh I am covering a genetic disorder called Tay-Sachs. en-us 2019-03-08 21:15:38 UTC 2019-05-15 20:02:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Terminator.png Description s99132 https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/340635540 Tay-Sachs disease is a rare inherited disorder that progressively destroys nerve cells neurons in the brain and spinal cord]]> 2019-03-12 21:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/340635540 Description s99132 https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/340637311 Other forms of Tay-Sachs disease are very rare. Signs and symptoms can appear in childhood, adolescence, or adulthood and are usually milder than those seen with the infantile form. ]]> 2019-03-12 21:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/340637311 Story. s99132 https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/340638294 https://www.dailylocal.com/news/national/irish-ancestry-focus-of-tay-sachs-families/article_e01ba0d2-3f50-5a60-a699-bbe5a3e63ba6.html]]> 2019-03-12 21:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/340638294 Tay-Sachs s99132 https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/340639440 Type- Gene Base
Gene- HEXA
Protein Affected]]> 2019-03-12 21:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/340639440 s99132 https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/340641023 2019-03-12 21:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/340641023 s99132 https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/340641143 2019-03-12 21:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/340641143 Hexa s77462 https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/360534311 The HEXA gene provides instructions for making one part (subunit) of an enzyme called beta-hexosaminidase A. Specifically, the protein produced from the HEXA gene forms the alpha subunit of thisenzyme. One alpha subunit joins with one betasubunit (produced from the HEXB gene) to form a functioning enzyme.]]> 2019-05-15 19:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/360534311 frequencyTay-Sachs disease is very rare in the general population. The genetic mutations that cause this disease are more common in people of Ashkenazi (eastern and central European) Jewish heritage than in those with other backgrounds. The mutations responsible for this disease are also more common in certain French-Canadian communities of Quebec, the Old Order Amish community in Pennsylvania, and the Cajun population of Louisiana. s77462 https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/360535117 2019-05-15 19:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s99132/znsbwgtjqrkh/wish/360535117