From UBE3A to Angelman syndrome: A substrate perspective

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  Sell, Gabrielle L ^a   Margolis, Seth S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angelman syndrome; Autism; Neurodevelopmental disorders; UBE3A; Ubiquitin ligase

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; LIPOCORTIN 1; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3;

ANNEXIN A1 GENE; CDKN1B GENE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME LOSS; DLG1 GENE; ESR2 GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HERC2 GENE; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MGLUR5 GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SHORT SURVEY; SOD1 GENE; TSC1 GENE; TSC2 GENE; UBE3A GENE; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84946569295     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00322     Document Type: Short Survey

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