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Silencing Primary Dystonia: Lentiviral-Mediated RNA Interference Therapy for DYT1 Dystonia
9 Nov 2005
Abstract excerpt
DYT1 is the most common inherited dystonia. Currently, there are no preventive or curative therapies for this dominantly inherited disease. DYT1 dystonia is caused by a common three-nucleotide deletion in the TOR1A gene that eliminates a glutamic acid residue from the protein torsinA. Recent studies suggest that torsinA carrying the disease-linked mutation, torsinA(DeltaE) acts through a dominant-negative effect...
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