An optimized sponge for microRNA miR-9 affects spinal motor neuron development in vivo

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Otaegi, Gaizka ^a   Pollock, Andrew ^a,b   Sun, Tao ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

FoxP1; miR 9; miRNA sponges; miRNAs; Motor neurons; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HB9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

EID: 84861881630     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2011.00146     Document Type: Article

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