miR-9 and miR-140-5p target FoxP2 and are regulated as a function of the social context of singing behavior in zebra finches

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 16510-16521

  Shi, Zhimin ^a   Luo, Guanzheng ^b   Fu, Lijuan ^a   Fang, Zhide ^c   Wang, Xiu Jie ^b   Li, Xiao Ching ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; MICRORNA 140; MICRORNA 9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGING; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOWN-REGULATION; FINCHES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; MICRORNAS; NEURONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84885440011     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0838-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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