Laf4/Aff3, a gene involved in intellectual disability, is required for cellular migration in the mouse cerebral cortex

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Moore, Justin M ^a   Oliver, Peter L ^a   Finelli, Mattéa J ^a   Lee, Sheena ^a   Lickiss, Tom ^a   Molnár, Zoltán ^a   Davies, Kay E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MDGA2 PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; LAF4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MDGA2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LAF4 GENE; MDGA2 GENE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CELL MOTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM; MICROTOMY; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROTOMY; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84940325910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105933     Document Type: Article

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