Sex-biased gene expression in the developing brain: Implications for autism spectrum disorders

Molecular Autism

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ziats, Mark N ^a,b,c   Rennert, Owen M ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b ROBINSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Gene expression; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHROMATIN; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

EID: 84877063759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-4-10     Document Type: Article

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