A direct molecular link between the autism candidate gene RORa and the schizophrenia candidate MIR137

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Devanna, Paolo ^a   Vernes, Sonja C ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MICRORNA; MIRN137 MICRORNA, HUMAN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROLIGIN 1; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR ALPHA; RORA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CEREBELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BINDING SITES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CELL LINE; CEREBELLUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 1; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTOR, TRKB; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84893875197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03994     Document Type: Article

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