Premutation CGG-repeat expansion of the Fmr1 gene impairs mouse neocortical development

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-79

  Cunningham, Christopher L ^a   Cerdeño, Verónica Martínez ^b   Porras, Eliecer Navarro ^d   Prakash, Anish N ^c   Angelastro, James M ^a   Willemsen, Rob ^e   Hagerman, Paul J ^a,c   Pessah, Isaac N ^a,c   Berman, Robert F ^a,c   Noctor, Stephen C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IDAHO   (United States)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOMESODERMIN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; FMR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAG REPEAT; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE PREMUTATION; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE TARGETING; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; RETROVIRUS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

MUS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; MICE; NEOCORTEX; RETROVIRIDAE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 79955698792     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq432     Document Type: Article

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