DLX5 expression is monoallelic and Dlx5 is up-regulated in the Mecp2-null frontal cortex

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1188-1191

  Miyano, Masaru ^a   Horike, Shin Ichi ^b   Cai, Shutao ^a   Oshimura, Mitsuo ^c,e   Kohwi Shigematsu, Terumi ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTAL LESS HOMEOBOX PROTEINS; DISTAL-LESS HOMEOBOX PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; FRONTAL LOBE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LETTER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RETT SYNDROME; UPREGULATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FRONTAL LOBE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETT SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 49549096037     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00377.x     Document Type: Letter

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