The aristaless (Arx) gene: One gene for many " interneuronopathies"

Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite

Volumn 2 E, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 701-710

  Ruggieri, Martino ^a   Pavone, Piero ^b   Scapagnini, Giovanni ^c   Romeo, Loriana ^a   Lombardo, Ilaria ^d   Volti, Giovanni Li ^d,e   Corsello, Giovanni ^f   Pavone, Lorenzo ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aristaless gene; ARX; Interneuronopathies; Review; West syndrome; XLAG

Indexed keywords

ARX PROTEIN, HUMAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MENTAL RETARDATION, X-LINKED; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77954504270     PISSN: 19450494     EISSN: 19450508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/e130     Document Type: Review

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