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Nature Genetics 40, 268 - 269 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ng0308-268
MicroRNAs in facial development
David E Clouthier1
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David E. Clouthier is in the Department of Craniofacial Biology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA.
e-mail: david.clouthier@uchsc.edu
Abstract
Cranial neural crest cell migration is a prerequisite for normal craniofacial morphogenesis in animals. A new study shows that the movement of a specific subset of cranial neural crest cells is exquisitely sensitive to concentrations of a microRNA that targets platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha mRNA.
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