RNA Binding Proteins At Heart Of Problem In Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
A new mouse model for myotonic dystrophy — the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy — helped Baylor College of Medicine researchers show that levels of CUGBP1, a protein that binds and controls the activity of the genetic material RNA, increase early in affected cells of the animals with the disease. This means CUGBP1 plays a key role in the disorder.
