The splicing regulator Rbfox2 is required for both cerebellar development and mature motor function

Genes and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 445-460

  Gehman, Lauren T ^a   Meera, Pratap ^b   Stoilov, Peter ^c   Shiue, Lily ^d   O'Brien, Janelle E ^e   Meisler, Miriam H ^e   Ares, Manuel ^d   Otis, Thomas S ^b   Black, Douglas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Nav1.6 Scn8a; Pacemaking; Purkinje cell; Rbfox2 Rbm9; Sodium channels

Indexed keywords

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.6;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PURKINJE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 84857803861     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.182477.111     Document Type: Article

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