Differential aggregation and functional impairment induced by polyalanine expansions in FOXL2, a transcription factor involved in cranio-facial and ovarian development

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1010-1019

  Moumné, Lara ^a,b,c   Dipietromaria, Aurélie ^a,b,c   Batista, Frank ^a,b,c   Kocer, Ayhan ^d   Fellous, Marc ^a,b,c,e   Pailhoux, Eric ^d   Veitia, Reiner A ^a,b,c,e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^d INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; CELL STRAIN COS7; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ASSAY; EYELID DISEASE; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PTOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRANUCLEAR SPACE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OVARY; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 41149124043     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm373     Document Type: Article

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