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Protein Arginine Methyltransferase PRMT1 Is Essential for Palatogenesis.
Journal of dental research - 1 Dec 2018
Gou Y, Li J, Jackson-Weaver O, Wu J, Zhang T, Gupta R, Cho I, Ho T V, Chen Y, Li M, Richard S, Wang J, Chai Y, Xu J
Abstract excerpt
Cleft palate is among the most common birth defects. Currently, only 30% of cases have identified genetic causes, whereas the etiology of the majority remains to be discovered. We identified a new regulator of palate development, protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1), and demonstrated that disruption of PRMT1 function in neural crest cells caused complete cleft palate and craniofacial malformations. PRMT1...
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