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Tackling the pathogenesis of RNA nuclear retention in myotonic dystrophy.
Biology of the cell - 23 Jul 2010
Mastroyiannopoulos Nikolas P, Shammas Christos, Phylactou Leonidas A
Abstract excerpt
DM1 (myotonic dystrophy type I) is a common form of muscular dystrophy that affects mainly adults. It is a disease that belongs to the group of defective RNA export diseases, since a major part of the pathogenic mechanism of the disease is the retention of the mutant transcripts in the cell nucleus. The presence of an expanded CUG trinucleotide repeat in the 3'-UTR (3'-untranslated region) of the DMPK (myotonic...
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