The role of the FOXP family of transcription factors in ASD

Disease Markers

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 251-260

  Bowers, J Michael ^a   Konopka, Genevieve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; FOXP1; FOXP2; genetics

Indexed keywords

CONTACTIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN LIKE 2; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR C MAF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DNA BINDING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VOCALIZATION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84872299260     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: 18758630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DMA-2012-0919     Document Type: Review

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