Regulation of Emx2 expression by antisense transcripts in murine cortico-cerebral precursors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Spigoni, Giulia ^a   Gedressi, Chiara ^a   Mallamaci, Antonello ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX2; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; EMPTY SPIRACLES HOMEOBOX PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MURINAE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77952514762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008658     Document Type: Article

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