Table 2 TE insertions causing muscle disease
From: Transposon expression and repression in skeletal muscle
Disease | Genus species | TE | Gene affected | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy | Homo sapiens | L1 (non-LTR) | Dmd | |
Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy | Homo sapiens | SINE (non-LTR) | Fukutin | [71] |
Muscular dystrophy | Canis familiaris | L1 (non-LTR) | Dmd | [69]) |
Muscular dystrophy | Mus musculus | IAP (LTR) and L1 (non-LTR) | Laminin alpha 2 | [70] |
Centronuclear myopathy | Mus musculus | SINE (non-LTR) | Ptpla/Hacd1 | [72]) |