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TP73 allelic expression in human brain and allele frequencies in Alzheimer's disease.
BMC medical genetics - 2 Jun 2004
Li Quanyi, Athan Eleni S, Wei Michelle, Yuan Eric, Rice Samuel L, Vonsattel Jean-Paul, Mayeux Richard P, Tycko Benjamin
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BACKGROUND: The p73 protein, a paralogue of the p53 tumor suppressor, is essential for normal development and survival of neurons. TP73 is therefore of interest as a candidate gene for Alzheimer's disease (AD) susceptibility. TP73 mRNA is transcribed from three promoters, termed P1-P3, and there is evidence for an additional complexity in its regulation, namely, a variable allelic expression bias in some human...
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