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SUBMITTER: Butti Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6349704 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Butti Zoe Z Patten Shunmoogum A SA
Frontiers in genetics 20190122
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common adult-onset motor neuron disease and is characterized by the degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons. It has become increasingly clear that RNA dysregulation is a key contributor to ALS pathogenesis. The major ALS genes <i>SOD1, TARDBP, FUS</i>, and <i>C9orf72</i> are involved in aspects of RNA metabolism processes such as mRNA transcription, alternative splicing, RNA transport, mRNA stabilization, and miRNA biogenesis. In this review, ...[more]