High-throughput analysis of promoter occupancy reveals direct neural targets of FOXP2, a gene mutated in speech and language disorders

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1232-1250

  Vernes, Sonja C ^a,b   Spiteri, Elizabeth ^c   Nicod, Jérôme ^a   Groszer, Matthias ^a   Taylor, Jennifer M ^a   Davies, Kay E ^b   Geschwind, Daniel H ^c,d   Fisher, Simon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOX P 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; SPEECH DISORDER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

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EID: 36749013035     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522238     Document Type: Article

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