A coding-independent function of an alternative Ube3a transcript during neuronal development

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 666-673

  Valluy, Jeremy ^a   Bicker, Silvia ^a   Aksoy Aksel, Ayla ^a   Lackinger, Martin ^a   Sumer, Simon ^a   Fiore, Roberto ^a   Wüst, Tatjana ^b,e   Seffer, Dominik ^c   Metge, Franziska ^d   Dieterich, Christoph ^d   Wöhr, Markus ^c   Schwarting, Rainer ^c   Schratt, Gerhard ^a  

^a Fachbereich Medizin der Universitat Marburg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF AGEING   (Germany)

^e CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; UBE3A PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UBE3A PROTEIN, RAT; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONAL CULTURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SPLICING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HEK293 CELLS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MICE; MICRORNAS; MINIATURE POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 84928699039     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3996     Document Type: Article

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