Title
When enough is enough: genetic diseases associated with transcriptional derepression
UMMS Affiliation
Program in Gene Function and Expression; Program in Molecular Medicine
Date
6-3-2004
Document Type
Article
Medical Subject Headings
Alzheimer Disease; *Gene Silencing; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Humans; Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome; Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral; Repressor Proteins; Rett Syndrome; *Transcriptional Activation
Disciplines
Genetics and Genomics
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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Citation: Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2004 Jun;14(3):301-7. Link to article on publisher's site