The function of RNA-binding proteins at the synapse: Implications for neurodegeneration

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 3621-3635

  Sephton, Chantelle F ^a   Yu, Gang ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Frontotemporal dementia; Local translation

Indexed keywords

FUSED IN SARCOMA PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CELL GRANULE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RNA METABOLISM; SYNAPSE; TRANSLATION REGULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84941414364     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-015-1943-x     Document Type: Review

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