MeCP2: Multifaceted roles in gene regulation and neural development

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 601-609

  Cheng, Tian Lin ^a   Qiu, Zilong ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

central nervous system; gene expression regulation; glia; MeCP2; post transcriptional regulation; post translational modification; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

MECP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MECP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; DNA METHYLATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICRORNAS; NEURONS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84905904087     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-014-1452-6     Document Type: Review

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