The role of miRNA in motor neuron disease

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Kye, Min Jeong ^a   Gonçalves, Inês do Carmo G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; microRNA; Motor neurons; Neuromuscular junction; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DEAD BOX PROTEIN 20; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 106; MICRORNA 124; MICRORNA 125; MICRORNA 128A; MICRORNA 132; MICRORNA 133B; MICRORNA 134; MICRORNA 138; MICRORNA 143; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 23A; MICRORNA 29B; MICRORNA 310; MICRORNA 431; MICRORNA 451; MICRORNA 455; MICRORNA 558; MICRORNA 8; MICRORNA 9; OLIGODENDROCYTE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; RAB PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 84893203703     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00015     Document Type: Review

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