GGGGCC repeat expansion in the C9orf72 gene causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia. Here the authors show that CCCCGG antisense repeat RNA binds and inhibits phenylalanine-tRNA synthetase resulting in decreased levels of tRNAphe and phenylalanine rich proteins.
- Mirjana Malnar Črnigoj
- Urša Čerček
- Boris Rogelj
