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SUBMITTER: Colak D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4357282 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Colak Dilek D Zaninovic Nikica N Cohen Michael S MS Rosenwaks Zev Z Yang Wang-Yong WY Gerhardt Jeannine J Disney Matthew D MD Jaffrey Samie R SR
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20140201 6174
Epigenetic gene silencing is seen in several repeat-expansion diseases. In fragile X syndrome, the most common genetic form of mental retardation, a CGG trinucleotide-repeat expansion adjacent to the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene promoter results in its epigenetic silencing. Here, we show that FMR1 silencing is mediated by the FMR1 mRNA. The FMR1 mRNA contains the transcribed CGG-repeat tract as part of the 5' untranslated region, which hybridizes to the complementary CGG-repeat por ...[more]