Genetic causes of microcephaly and lessons for neuronal development

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 461-478

  Gilmore, Edward C ^a   Walsh, Christopher A ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ALKYL 2 ACETYLGLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE ESTERASE; ALPHA TUBULIN; ATM PROTEIN; ATR PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; DOUBLECORTIN; POLYNUCLEOTIDE 5' HYDROXYL KINASE; PROTEIN P53; RAD50 PROTEIN; REELIN; WNT PROTEIN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DNA REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; MICROCEPHALY GENE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CENTROSOME; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 84886286155     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.89     Document Type: Review

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