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TDP-43: multiple targets, multiple disease mechanisms?

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Cytoplasmic inclusions containing TDP-43 are a hallmark of certain neurodegenerative diseases. Two new reports demonstrate that this protein binds a broad range of RNA transcripts, with a preference for UG-rich intronic regions.

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Figure 1: UV cross-linking of TDP-43 to RNA, subsequent immunoprecipitation and sequencing reveals many targets in introns, but also in noncoding RNAs and 3′ UTRs of mRNAs.

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