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Induction of inclusion formation and disruption of lamin A/C structure by premutation CGG-repeat RNA in human cultured neural cells.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Dec 2005
Arocena Dolores Garcia, Iwahashi Christine K, Won Nelly, Beilina Alexandra, Ludwig Anna L, Tassone Flora, Schwartz Philip H, Hagerman Paul J
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Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects some adult carriers of pre-mutation alleles (55-200 CGG repeats) of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene. FXTAS is thought to be caused by a toxic 'gain-of-function' of the expanded CGG-repe...
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