摘要
最近，美国加利福尼亚大学旧金山分校科学家利用小鼠模型研究发现．过去认为是垃圾的长非编码RNA（IncRNAS）在大脑发育中扮演重要角色，和多种破坏性神经疾病有关，如亨廷顿舞蹈病、老年痴呆症等。研究人员指出，这一发现把InCRNAs和神经细胞类型、发展过程及人类疾病状态联系在一起，会促进人们进一步研究染色体中那些被忽视的DNA片段，确定它们的作用。
Specific DNA once dismissed as junk plays an important role in brain development and might be involved in several devastating neurological diseases, UC San Francisco scientists have found. Their discovery in mice is likely to further fuel a recent scramble by researchers to identify roles for long-neglected bits of DNA within the genomes of mice and humans alike.
出处
《中国科技信息》
2013年第9期2-2,共1页
China Science and Technology Information
