FOXP2 regulates gene networks implicated in neurite outgrowth in the developing brain

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Vernes, Sonja C ^a,g   Oliver, Peter L ^b   Spiteri, Elizabeth ^c,h   Lockstone, Helen E ^a   Puliyadi, Rathi ^a   Taylor, Jennifer M ^a   Ho, Joses ^a   Mombereau, Cedric ^d   Brewer, Ariel ^d   Lowy, Ernesto ^a   Nicod, Jérôme ^a   Groszer, Matthias ^a,d   Baban, Dilair ^a   Sahgal, Natasha ^a   Cazier, Jean Baptiste ^a   Ragoussis, Jiannis ^a   Davies, Kay E ^b   Geschwind, Daniel H ^c,e   Fisher, Simon E ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DU FER À MOULIN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^h CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MESSENGER RNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; NEURITE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSERI; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NEURITES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 79960955811     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002145     Document Type: Article

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