Allelic diversity in human developmental neurogenetics: Insights into biology and disease

Neuron

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-253

  Walsh, Christopher A ^a   Engle, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL SPINDLE HOMOLOG MICROCEPHALY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; BETA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN 3; CHIMERIN; DOUBLECORTIN; FILAMIN A; FILAMIN A ALPHA; KINESIN FAMILY MEMBER 21A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ROUNDABOUT HOMOLOG 3; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WD REPEAT DOMAIN 62;

BIOMEDICINE; BRAIN DISEASE; CODON; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NEUROGENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NEUROSCIENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 77957916569     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.09.042     Document Type: Review

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