Age-dependent expression of MeCP2 in a heterozygous mosaic mouse model

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1834-1843

  Smrt, Richard D ^a   Pfeiffer, Rebecca L ^a,b   Zhao, Xinyu ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETT SYNDROME; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RETT SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

MUS;

EID: 79954556030     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr066     Document Type: Article

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