Regulation of non-coding RNA networks in the nervous system-What's the REST of the story?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 466, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-80

  Qureshi, Irfan A ^a   Mehler, Mark F ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CoREST; Epigenetic; Glia; MicroRNA (miRNA); Neural stem cell; Neuron; Non coding RNA (ncRNA); Oligodendrocyte; Repressor element 1 silencing transcription factor neuron restrictive silencer factor (REST NRSF)

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REPRESSOR ELEMENT 1 SILENCING; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BRAIN CANCER; CELL TYPE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROL SYSTEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EPIGENETICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW; RNA EDITING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 70350126990     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.07.093     Document Type: Review

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