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Kenneth Ricker
Researcher at University of Minnesota
Publications - 1
Citations - 1163
Kenneth Ricker is an academic researcher from University of Minnesota. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myotonic dystrophy & Muscular dystrophy. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 1102 citations.
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Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2 Caused by a CCTG Expansion in Intron 1 of ZNF9
Christina L. Liquori,Kenneth Ricker,Melinda L. Moseley,Jennifer F. Jacobsen,Wolfram Kress,Susan L. Naylor,John W. Day,Laura P.W. Ranum +7 more
TL;DR: DM2 is caused by a CCTG expansion located in intron 1 of the zinc finger protein 9 (ZNF9) gene, indicating that microsatellite expansions in RNA can be pathogenic and cause the multisystemic features of DM1 and DM2.