Postnatal changes in the expression pattern of the imprinted signalling protein XLαs underlie the changing phenotype of deficient mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Krechowec, Stefan O ^a   Burton, Katie L ^a   Newlaczyl, Anna U ^a   Nunn, Nicolas ^a   Vlatković, Nikolina ^a   Plagge, Antonius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT XLALPHAS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; S6 KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GNAS PROTEIN, MOUSE; NEUROPEPTIDE; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE MUTANT; MUSCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPINAL CORD;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC LOCI; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84855646813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029753     Document Type: Article

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