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Lin28a transgenic mice manifest size and puberty phenotypes identified in human genetic association studies.
Nature genetics - 1 Jul 2010
Zhu Hao, Shah Samar, Shyh-Chang Ng, Shinoda Gen, Einhorn William S, Viswanathan Srinivas R, Takeuchi Ayumu, Grasemann Corinna, Rinn John L, Lopez Mary F, Hirschhorn Joel N, Palmert Mark R, Daley George Q
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Recently, genome-wide association studies have implicated the human LIN28B locus in regulating height and the timing of menarche. LIN28B and its homolog LIN28A are functionally redundant RNA-binding proteins that block biogenesis of let-7 microRNAs. lin-28 and let-7 were discovered in Caenorhabdi...
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