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Distinct domains in the CArG-box binding factor A destabilize tetraplex forms of the fragile X expanded sequence d(CGG)n.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Sept 2002
Weisman-Shomer Pnina, Cohen Esther, Fry Michael
Abstract excerpt
Formation of hairpin or tetraplex structures of the FMR1 gene d(CGG)n sequence triggers its expansion, setting off fragile X syndrome. In searching for proteins that destabilize d(CGG)n secondary structures we purified from rat liver quadruplex telomeric DNA binding protein 42 (qTBP42) that disrupts G'2 bimolecular tetraplex d(CGG)n while paradoxically stabilizing the G'2 structure of the telomeric sequence...
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