Survival motor neuron protein regulates stem cell division, proliferation, and differentiation in Drosophila.
Spinal muscular atrophy is a severe neurogenic disease that is caused by mutations in the human survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. SMN protein is required for the assembly of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins and a dramatic reduction of the protein leads to cell death. It is currently unknown how t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-04-01
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| Series: | PLoS Genetics |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3072375?pdf=render |