mRNA

Kaining Hu1, Runwei Yang1, Jiaming Qiu1

  • 1Department of Human Genetics, The Neuroscience Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States of America.

概括

替代拼接触发的无意义介导的mRNA衰变 (AS-NMD) 调节数千个大脑基因,包括神经发育障碍的基因. 这项研究确定了针对自闭症等疾病的潜在治疗方法的新目标.

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