Regulatory factor X4 variant 3: A transcription factor involved in brain development and disease

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 85, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3515-3522

  Zhang, Donghui ^a   Zeldin, Darryl C ^a   Blackshear, Perry J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Hydrocephalus; Midline; Regulatory factor X

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CX3C CHEMOKINE; CX3C11 CHEMOKINE; ISOPROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR X4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ALLELE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TISSUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC RISK; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBCOMMISSURAL ORGAN; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 36849062756     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21356     Document Type: Short Survey

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