he underlying genetic mutation. Myotonic MD is common in Germany, and in Minnesota, where many residents are of German extraction.
"RNA is the messenger molecule that translates the DNA code into proteins," says one of the scientists (Gene, 2001, 3). In the past, the focus has always been on these proteins and genetic problems have always been thought to be caused by abnormalities in the proteins produced by defective genes. These scientists concentrated their studies on the role of RNA in human disease. The findings of their work showed that DM2 is caused by an expansion located in intron I of the zinc finger protein 9 (ZNF9) gene. The results provided indisputable evidence that RNA can cause disease and enable scientists to focus their research on eliminating the cause of such diseases.
Because it is caused by a genetic disorder, muscular dy
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