MeCP2 regulates GFAP expression within the developing brain

Brain Research

Volumn 1543, Issue , 2014, Pages 151-158

  Forbes Lorman, Robin M ^a   Kurian, Joseph R ^b   Auger, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; GFAP; MeCP2; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VIMENTIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

RATTUS;

DEVELOPMENT; GFAP; MECP2; SEX DIFFERENCES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; S100 CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; SEX FACTORS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84891742491     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.11.011     Document Type: Article

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