Article
miRNA mutations are not a common cause of deafness.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Mar 2010
Hildebrand Michael S, Witmer P Dane, Xu Shunbin, Newton Stephen S, Kahrizi Kimia, Najmabadi Hossein, Valle David, Smith Richard J H
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in miRNA genes have been implicated in hearing loss in human families and mice. It is also possible that mutations in miRNA binding sites of inner ear targets alter gene expression levels and lead to hearing loss. To investigate these possibilities we screened predicted target genes of...
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