Autism associated gene, ENGRAILED2, and flanking gene levels are altered in post-mortem cerebellum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Choi, Jiyeon ^a   Ababon, Myka R ^a   Soliman, Mai ^a   Lin, Yong ^b   Brzustowicz, Linda M ^d   Matteson, Paul G ^a   Millonig, James H ^a,c,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOPSY; CEREBELLUM; CNPY1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HTR5A GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INSIG1 GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RBM33 GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHH GENE;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBELLUM; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; HAPLOTYPES; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HEK293 CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES;

EID: 84894619880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087208     Document Type: Article

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