Expression of the murine homologue of FMR2 in mouse brain and during development

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 441-448

  Chakrabarti, Lisa ^a,b   Bristulf, Jesper ^a,c   Foss, Grethe S ^a,d   Davies, Kay E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Wallenberg Neurocenter   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CINGULATE GYRUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; PURKINJE CELLS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0031911712     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.3.441     Document Type: Article

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