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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Morag Lewis
PROVIDER: E-TABM-489 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Lewis Morag A MA Quint Elizabeth E Glazier Anne M AM Fuchs Helmut H De Angelis Martin Hrabé MH Langford Cordelia C van Dongen Stijn S Abreu-Goodger Cei C Piipari Matias M Redshaw Nick N Dalmay Tamas T Moreno-Pelayo Miguel Angel MA Enright Anton J AJ Steel Karen P KP
Nature genetics 20090412 5
Progressive hearing loss is common in the human population, but little is known about the molecular basis. We report a new N-ethyl-N-nitrosurea (ENU)-induced mouse mutant, diminuendo, with a single base change in the seed region of Mirn96. Heterozygotes show progressive loss of hearing and hair cell anomalies, whereas homozygotes have no cochlear responses. Most microRNAs are believed to downregulate target genes by binding to specific sites on their mRNAs, so mutation of the seed should lead to ...[more]