The transcriptional repressor Mecp2 regulates terminal neuronal differentiation

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-58

  Matarazzo, Valéry ^a   Cohen, Deborah ^a   Palmer, Amy M ^a   Simpson, P Jeanette ^a   Khokhar, Babar ^a   Pan, Shih Jung ^a   Ronnett, Gabriele V ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axons; Cell differentiation; Olfactory bulb; Rett syndrome; Synapses

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETT SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH CONES; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPIL; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY MARKER PROTEIN; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETT SYNDROME; SYNAPSES;

EID: 4444333589     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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