Cuando el mensaje sale mal: mutaciones que producen enfermedades que influyen en el contenido y el rendimiento del

J T Mendell1, H C Dietz

  • 1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

Cell
|November 24, 2001
PubMed
Resumen

Las mutaciones causantes de enfermedades a menudo afectan a los genes codificadores de proteínas. Sin embargo, algunas enfermedades genéticas surgen de mutaciones que afectan el metabolismo del ARN mensajero (ARNm), afectando su procesamiento, exportación, estabilidad y traducción.

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