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A new unique form of microRNA from human heart, microRNA-499c, promotes myofibril formation and rescues cardiac development in mutant axolotl embryos.
Journal of biomedical science - 23 Mar 2013
Kochegarov Andrei, Moses Ashley, Lian William, Meyer Jessica, Hanna Michael C, Lemanski Larry F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A recessive mutation "c" in the Mexican axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, results in the failure of normal heart development. In homozygous recessive embryos, the hearts do not have organized myofibrils and fail to beat. In our previous studies, we identified a noncoding Myofibril-Inducing RNA (MIR) from axolotls which promotes myofibril formation and rescues heart development. RESULTS: We randomly cloned...
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