The exon junction complex in neural development and neurodevelopmental disease

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 117-123

  McMahon, J J ^a   Miller, E E ^a   Silver, D L ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Dosage; Exon junction complex; Microcephaly; Neocortex; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR 4A; INITIATION FACTOR 4A3; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL X; PROTEIN MAGOH; PROTEIN RBM8A; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; APOPTOSIS; AUTISM; BONE DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MICROCEPHALY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RICHIERI COSTA PEREIRA SYNDROME; RNA METABOLISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA WITH ABSENT RADIUS SYNDROME; ANIMAL; EXON; GENETICS; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EXONS; HUMANS; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROGENESIS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84964671364     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2016.03.006     Document Type: Review

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