Molecular mechanisms of long ncRNAs in neurological disorders

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Vučićević, Dubravka ^a   Schrewe, Heinrich ^a   Ørom, Ulf A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain development; Long non coding RNA; ncRNA; Neurological disorders; Protein RNA interaction

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 7; ATAXIN 8; BETA SECRETASE 1; BMI1 PROTEIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2B; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84898015288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00048     Document Type: Review

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