Un microARN epidérmico regula la migración neuronal a través del control del estado de glicosilación celular

Mikael Egebjerg Pedersen1, Goda Snieckute, Konstantinos Kagias

  • 1Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 21, 2013
PubMed
Resumen

El microARN mir-79 de Caenorhabditis elegans mantiene la homeostasis de los proteoglicanos. La pérdida de mir-79 causa defectos en el desarrollo neurológico al interrumpir la biosíntesis del sulfato de heparano y la migración neuronal.

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