Can we relate MeCP2 deficiency to the structural and chemical abnormalities in the Rett brain?

Brain and Development

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Armstrong, Dawna Duncan ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; MeCP2; MECP2; Rett Syndrome

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MUTATOR GENE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETT SYNDROME; TISSUE SECTION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 27144528519     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2004.10.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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