Biology:DISC2

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Short description: Non-coding RNA in the species Homo sapiens


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In molecular biology, disrupted in schizophrenia 2 (non-protein coding), also known as DISC2, is a long non-coding RNA molecule. In humans, the DISC2 gene that produces the DISC2 RNA molecule is located on chromosome 1, at the breakpoint associated with the chromosomal translocation found in Schizophrenia.[1] It is antisense to the DISC1 gene and may regulate the expression of DISC1.[1][2] DISC2 may also contribute to other psychiatric disorders.[2][3]

See also

  • Long noncoding RNA

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Disruption of two novel genes by a translocation co-segregating with schizophrenia". Human Molecular Genetics 9 (9): 1415–1423. May 2000. doi:10.1093/hmg/9.9.1415. PMID 10814723. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "DISC1 and DISC2: discovering and dissecting molecular mechanisms underlying psychiatric illness". Annals of Medicine 36 (5): 367–378. 2004. doi:10.1080/07853890410033603. PMID 15478311. 
  3. "Disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1): association with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder". American Journal of Human Genetics 75 (5): 862–872. Nov 2004. doi:10.1086/425586. PMID 15386212. 

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