Neural progenitor cells from an adult patient with fragile X syndrome

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Schwartz, Philip H ^a,b   Tassone, Flora ^c   Greco, Claudia M ^c   Nethercott, Hubert E ^a   Ziaeian, Boback ^a   Hagerman, Randi J ^c,d   Hagerman, Paul J ^c  

^a Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CD133 ANTIGEN; NESTIN; TRINUCLEOTIDE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DNA; FMR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ADULT; ALLELE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; ALLELES; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; STEM CELLS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 26444455691     PISSN: 14712350     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-6-2     Document Type: Article

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