来自中科院昆明植物研究所细胞与分子进化重点实验室(1Key Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution)和昆明灵长类研究中心(Kunming Primate Research Center)。研究人员在对小鼠记忆和学习起关键作用的neuropsin II蛋白的基因:KLK8的研究过程中发现了一个表达丰度很高的新的剪切体,这一基因剪切的变化可能是导致人脑中产生新的蛋白质进而出现新功能的重要机制之一。这一研究成果公布在《Human Mutation》杂志上,著名的杂志《New Scientist》对其进行了报道。
这一研究发现来自中科院昆明植物研究所细胞与分子进化重点实验室(1Key Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution)和昆明灵长类研究中心(Kunming Primate Research Center)。研究人员在对小鼠记忆和学习起关键作用的neuropsin II蛋白的基因:KLK8的研究过程中发现了一个表达丰度很高的新的剪切体,这一基因剪切的变化可能是导致人脑中产生新的蛋白质进而出现新功能的重要机制之一。这一研究成果公布在《Human Mutation》杂志上,著名的杂志《New Scientist》对其进行了报道。
原文摘要: Published Online: 8 May 2007 DOI: 10.1002/humu.20547 A human-specific mutation leads to the origin of a novel splice form of neuropsin (KLK8), a gene involved in learning and memory [Abstract]
中国科学院知识创新工程比较基因组学学科带头人; 中科院“****”引进人才,理学博士,研究员,博士生导师;中科院昆明动物研究所细胞与分子进化重点实验室主任;美国辛辛那提大学助理教授;复旦大学生命科学院客座教授;从事灵长类比较基因组学及现代人类起源和迁徙的研究。已在《Science》、《Nature Reviews Genetics》、《PNAS》、《American Journal of Human Genetics》、《Human Molecular Genetics》和《Molecular Biology and Evolution》等国际核心刊物上发表论文40余篇。曾获中国科学院自然科学奖一等奖(1996);云南省自然科学一等奖(2002) 和教育部科技进步一等奖(2003)。
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