La mutación MED23 vincula la discapacidad intelectual con la desregulación de la expresión génica temprana inmediata

Satoru Hashimoto1, Sarah Boissel, Mohammed Zarhrate

  • 1Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/Université de Strasbourg, BP 163, 67404 Illkirch Cedex, C. U. Strasbourg, France.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 27, 2011
PubMed
Resumen

Una mutación del gen MED23 causa discapacidad intelectual al interrumpir la expresión génica temprana inmediata. Esto pone de relieve el papel vital del complejo Mediador en la función cerebral y sugiere que la expresión genética alterada es un sello distintivo de los déficits cognitivos.

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