A mouse Mecp2-null mutation causes neurological symptoms that mimic rett syndrome

Nature Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 322-326

  Guy, Jacky ^a   Hendrich, Brian ^a   Holmes, Megan ^a   Martin, Joanne E ^b   Bird, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETT SYNDROME; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035094767     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/85899     Document Type: Article

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