Methyl CpG-binding protein isoform MeCP2-e2 is dispensable for rett syndrome phenotypes but essential for embryo viability and placenta development

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 13859-13867

  Itoh, Masayuki ^a   Tahimic, Candice G T ^b,f   Ide, Shuhei ^a   Otsuki, Akihiro ^b   Sasaoka, Toshikuni ^d   Noguchi, Shigeru ^e,g   Oshimura, Mitsuo ^b,c   Goto, Yu Ichi ^a   Kurimasa, Akihiro ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Food Analysis and Safety Assessment Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT BRAIN; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BEHAVIOR EVALUATIONS; CRE-LOXP; EXPRESSION LEVELS; GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; IN-VIVO; ISOFORMS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MUTANT ALLELES; NULL ALLELES; REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE PCR; RETT SYNDROME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UP-REGULATION;

GENE EXPRESSION; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HISTOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

TISSUE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOXP SITE; MALE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2 GENE; MOUSE; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETT SYNDROME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLELES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 84859945795     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.309864     Document Type: Article

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