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When enough is enough: genetic diseases associated with transcriptional derepression
Davide Gabellini1, Michael R Green, Rossella Tupler
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Programs in Gene Function and Expression and Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA. Davide.Gabellini@umassmed.edu
Abstract:
For many human genetic diseases, the underlying genetic defect has been determined. Thus, although traditionally a field only for researchers in medicine or human genetics, human diseases are now opening up to molecular biologists, cell biologists and biochemists. Here we discuss four human genetic disorders, Familial Alzheimer's disease, Rett syndrome, Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, and how investigations into these diseases are providing important lessons about human biology.
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