Autism-Associated Haplotype Affects the Regulation of the Homeobox Gene, ENGRAILED 2

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 911-917

  Benayed, Rym ^a   Choi, Jiyeon ^a   Matteson, Paul G ^a   Gharani, Neda ^c   Kamdar, Silky ^a   Brzustowicz, Linda M ^c   Millonig, James H ^a,b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; ENGRAILED 2; risk allele

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENGRAILED 2 PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; NUCLEAR FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTISTIC DISORDER; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FAMILY HEALTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PC12 CELLS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RATS;

EID: 70350566008     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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