A critical role of Pax6 in alcohol-induced fetal microcephaly

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 370-376

  Peng, Ying ^a,b   Yang, Pai Hao ^a   Ng, Samuel S M ^a   Wong, Oscar G ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   He, Ming Liang ^a   Kung, Hsiang Fu ^a,c   Lin, Marie C M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

FAS; Fetal alcohol syndrome; fetal alcohol syndrome; Microcephaly; MMR; Modified Marc's Ringer; Pax6; Reactive oxygen species; reactive oxygen species; ROS

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATALASE; PLASMID VECTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GROWTH RETARDATION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MICROCEPHALY; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PREGNANCY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 2942527145     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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