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AUUUA motifs in the 3'UTR of human glucocorticoid receptor alpha and beta mRNA destabilize mRNA and decrease receptor protein expression.
Steroids - 1 Jun 2002
Schaaf M J M, Cidlowski J A
Abstract excerpt
An association between a gene polymorphism of the human glucocorticoid receptor (hGR) gene and rheumatoid arthritis has recently been suggested. This polymorphism contains an A to G mutation in the 3'UTR of exon 9beta, which encodes the 3'UTR of the mRNA of the hGRbeta isoform. The hGRbeta isoform can act as a dominant negative inhibitor of hGRalpha, and therefore may contribute to glucocorticoid resistance. The...
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