Atrophins' emerging roles in development and neurodegenerative disease

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 437-446

  Shen, Y ^a   Peterson, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophin; Embryonic development; Fgf8; Neurodegenerative disease; Polyglutamine expansion; Tailless; Tlx; Transcription co repressor

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LIVER RECEPTOR HOMOLOG 1; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

ATROPHIN 1 GENE; ATROPHIN 2 GENE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CYTOPLASM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPRESSOR GENE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

METAZOA;

EID: 59349096106     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-8403-9     Document Type: Review

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