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RNA leaching of transcription factors disrupts transcription in myotonic dystrophy.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 16 Jan 2004
Ebralidze A, Wang Y, Petkova V, Ebralidse K, Junghans R P
Abstract excerpt
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is caused by a CUGn expansion (n approximately 50 to 5000) in the 3' untranslated region of the mRNA of the DM protein kinase gene. We show that mutant RNA binds and sequesters transcription factors (TFs), with up to 90% depletion of selected TFs from active chromatin. Diverse genes are consequently reduced in expression, including the ion transporter CIC-1, which has been...
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