Let-7b Promotes Alpaca Hair Growth via Transcriptional Repression of TGFβR I

    November 2015 in “ Gene ”
    Siyu Yan, Yu Zhang, Ning Liu … Xiaopeng He
    Studysummary In this study, TGFβR I was more highly expressed in alpaca ear skin than in back skin, suggesting it may inhibit coat hair growth, with let-7b downregulating TGFβR I protein through transcriptional repression.
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