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CREB-binding protein modulates repeat instability in a Drosophila model for polyQ disease.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 30 Mar 2007
Jung Joonil, Bonini Nancy
Abstract excerpt
Although expansion of trinucleotide repeats accounts for over 30 human diseases, mechanisms of repeat instability remain poorly understood. We show that a Drosophila model for the CAG/polyglutamine (polyQ) disease spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 recapitulates key features of human CAG-repeat instability, including large repeat changes and strong expansion bias. Instability is dramatically enhanced by transcription...
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