THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL / MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IMAGE: A-TO-I EDITING FUNCTIONS MUCH LIKE A LARGE-SCALE CUT AND PASTE TYPE OF EDIT ON PRE-MRNA SEQUENCES, DRIVEN BY ADAR ENZYMES. IN THE BRAIN, THESE NATURAL MODIFICATIONS HAVE DIVERSE EFFECTS ON GENE EXPRESSION AND PROTEIN FUNCTION THROUGHOUT NEURODEVELOPMENT. CREDIT: JESSICA JOHNSON Mount Sinai researchers have...
Tag: <span>Neurodevelopment</span>
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Neurodevelopment team locates a gene that helps control puberty and human reproduction
by University at Albany Thousands of Americans suffer from the delay or non-appearance of puberty. While the underlying cause is failure in the correct action of the hypothalamic hormone GnRH, the precise genetic causes have not been fully understood. A UAlbany biologist and his research team have now identified a particular gene and its mutation...