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A MicroRNA gene is hosted in an intron of a schizophrenia-susceptibility gene.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Apr 2009
Zhu Yanglong, Kalbfleisch Ted, Brennan Mark D, Li Yong
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia (SZ) is a neuropsychiatric disorder that affects about 1% of the adult population. Numerous genes have been implicated in SZ susceptibility. MicroRNAs (miRNA) are small RNA molecules that regulate the translation of mRNAs via interactions with their 3' untranslated regions. Identification of known miRNA targets on all human genes indicated that miRNA-346 targets SZ susceptibility genes listed in the...
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