Mutations in α- and β-tubulin encoding genes: Implications in brain malformations

Brain and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 273-280

  Romaniello, Romina ^a   Arrigoni, Filippo ^a   Bassi, Maria Teresa ^a   Borgatti, Renato ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain malformations; Epilepsy; Genotype phenotype correlation; Malformations of cortical development; Mental retardation; Tubulin genes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; EPILEPSY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MICROCEPHALY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; BRAIN; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENETICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION;

BRAIN; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; TUBULIN;

EID: 84930902538     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2014.06.002     Document Type: Review

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