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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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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