Role of conserved cis-regulatory elements in the post-transcriptional regulation of the human MECP2 gene involved in autism

Human Genomics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bagga, Joetsaroop S ^a,c   D'Antonio, Lawrence A ^b  

^a John P Stevens High School   (United States)

^b RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AU rich elements; Autism; G quadruplex; MECP2; MicroRNAs; Post transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICRORNA; MECP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; AU RICH ELEMENT; AUTISM; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MUS MUSCULUS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; POLYADENYLATION; PROMOTER REGION; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TURNOVER TIME; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; RETT SYNDROME; RNA SPLICING;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYADENYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RATS; RETT SYNDROME; RNA SPLICE SITES;

EID: 84900989931     PISSN: 14739542     EISSN: 14797364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-7364-7-19     Document Type: Article

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