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Inhibition of a transcriptional repressor rescues hearing in a splicing factor-deficient mouse.
Life science alliance - 1 Dec 2020
Nakano Yoko, Wiechert Susan, Fritzsch Bernd, Bánfi Botond
Abstract excerpt
In mechanosensory hair cells (HCs) of the ear, the transcriptional repressor REST is continuously inactivated by alternative splicing of its pre-mRNA. This mechanism of REST inactivation is crucial for hearing in humans and mice. Rest is one of many pre-mRNAs whose alternative splicing is regulated by the splicing factor SRRM4; Srrm4 loss-of-function mutation in mice (Srrm4 bv/bv ) causes deafness, balance...
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