Epigenetics and triplet repeat neurological diseases

The term ‘junk DNA’ has been reconsidered following the delineation of the functional significance of repetitive DNA regions. Typically associated with centromeres and telomeres, DNA repeats are found in nearly all organisms throughout their genomes. Repetitive regions are frequently heterchromatini...

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Main Authors: Sathiji eNageshwaran, Richard eFestenstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2015.00262/full