Atomic resolution structure of CAG RNA repeats: structural insights and implications for the trinucleotide repeat expansion diseases.
Kiliszek, A., Kierzek, R., Krzyzosiak, W.J., Rypniewski, W.(2010) Nucleic Acids Res 38: 8370-8376
- PubMed: 20702420 
- DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq700
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3NJ6, 3NJ7 - PubMed Abstract: 
CAG repeats occur predominantly in the coding regions of human genes, which suggests their functional importance. In some genes, these sequences can undergo pathogenic expansions leading to neurodegenerative polyglutamine (poly-Q) diseases. The mutant transcripts containing expanded CAG repeats possibly contribute to pathogenesis in addition to the well-known pathogenic effects of mutant proteins ...