Article
Pathogenic mechanisms of myotonic dystrophy.
Biochemical Society transactions - 1 Dec 2009
Lee Johanna E, Cooper Thomas A
Abstract excerpt
DM (myotonic dystrophy) is a dominantly inherited genetic disorder that is the most common cause of muscular dystrophy in adults affecting 1 in 8500 individuals worldwide. Different microsatellite expansions in two loci cause different forms of the disease that share similar features: DM1 (DM type 1) is caused by a tri- (CTG) nucleotide expansion within the DMPK (dystrophia myotonica protein kinase)...
Topics
- 3' Untranslated Regions
- Alternative Splicing
- Animals
- CELF1 Protein
- Cell Nucleus
- Humans
- Mutation
- Myotonic Dystrophy
- RNA-Binding Proteins
- Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion
