A novel function for the survival motoneuron protein as a translational regulator

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 668-684

  Sanchez, Gabriel ^a   Dury, Alain Y ^b   Murray, Lyndsay M ^c   Biondi, Olivier ^d   Tadesse, Helina ^a   El fatimy, Rachid ^b   Kothary, Rashmi ^a,c   Charbonnier, Frédéric ^d   Khandjian, Edouard W ^b   Côté, Jocelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARM1 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PURIFICATION; SPINAL CORD; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES, RENILLA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; POLYRIBOSOMES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASES; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 1 PROTEIN; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84873044474     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds474     Document Type: Article

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