MECP2 mutations in Rett syndrome adversely affect lymphocyte growth, but do not affect imprinted gene expression in blood or brain

Human Genetics

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 545-552

  Balmer, Damina ^a   Arredondo, Juan ^a   Samaco, Rodney C ^a   LaSalle, Janine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; METHYL BINDING PROTEIN 3; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN N; TRICHOSTATIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CELL CLONING; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; METHYLATION; MITOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETROPOSON; RETT SYNDROME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; WILD TYPE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ACETYLATION; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD CELLS; BRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CLONE CELLS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETT SYNDROME; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0036626596     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-002-0724-4     Document Type: Article

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