Chromosome 19

APOE. Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is associated with the gene encoding apolipoprotein E, a ligand for the LDL receptor. IMAGE CREDIT: Mark Boguski, NCBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA. DM. Myotonic dystrophy is a muscular disease associated with an unstable nucleotide repeat that is amplified between generations IMAGE CREDIT: M.A. de la Flor. Reprinted from SCIENCE.