Long non-coding RNAs in corticogenesis: Deciphering the non-coding code of the brain

EMBO Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 2865-2884

  Aprea, Julieta ^a   Calegari, Federico ^a  

^a CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

brain development; long non coding RNAs; neural stem cells

Indexed keywords

DICER; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MORPHOGEN; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MALAT1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MIAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTOME; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BIODIVERSITY; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOGENESIS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERACTIONS WITH RNA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; BRAIN; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEURAL STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; RNA, LONG NONCODING;

EID: 84956593602     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embj.201592655     Document Type: Review

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