Pms2 suppresses large expansions of the (GAA·TTC)n sequence in neuronal tissues.

Expanded trinucleotide repeat sequences are the cause of several inherited neurodegenerative diseases. Disease pathogenesis is correlated with several features of somatic instability of these sequences, including further large expansions in postmitotic tissues. The presence of somatic expansions in...

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Main Authors: Rebecka L Bourn, Irene De Biase, Ricardo Mouro Pinto, Chiranjeevi Sandi, Sahar Al-Mahdawi, Mark A Pook, Sanjay I Bidichandani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3469490?pdf=render