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Histone deacetylase complexes promote trinucleotide repeat expansions.
PLoS biology - 1 Feb 2012
Debacker Kim, Frizzell Aisling, Gleeson Olive, Kirkham-McCarthy Lucy, Mertz Tony, Lahue Robert S
Abstract excerpt
Expansions of DNA trinucleotide repeats cause at least 17 inherited neurodegenerative diseases, such as Huntington's disease. Expansions can occur at frequencies approaching 100% in affected families and in transgenic mice, suggesting that specific cellular proteins actively promote (favor) expan...
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