Discovery of Rnpc3 shows the cause of severe developmental disease

Summary: Researchers from Melbourne have made an important discovery which helps us understand how changes in an essential cellular process cause a severe developmental disease. By using Zebrafish, they discovered that the protein Rnpc3 is essential for the growth of many major organs. Rnpc3 regulates protein production by using a process called minor class messenger RNA splicing. Messenger RNA converts the genetic code in DNA into proteins. The scientists believe that this discovery will show how minor class splicing can cause the severe developmental disorder called Taybi-Linder syndrome. 

Article: http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2014/02/10/cutandpaste_gene_defect_hints_at_cause_of_developmental_disease.html

Source Credibility: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Science is Collaborative: Many researchers from Melbourne worked on the project