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Researchers have discovered that expression of the ataxin‑7 gene – the cause of the neurological disorder spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 – has two regulators: a highly conserved, multi‑tasking protein called CTCF and, surprisingly, an adjacent promoter containing non‑coding RNA.
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Illustration courtesy of Christina Takamatsu‑Butler, UC San Diego.
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