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Transcriptome of early postnatal brain development of eIF2B-R132H/R132H mutant mice relative to wild-types.

ABSTRACT: Genome-wide mRNA expression in brains of wild-type and eIF2B-R132H/R132H mutant mice (Geva et al., BRAIN 133 (8), 2010) profiled at postnatal (P) days 1, 18 and 21 to reflect the early proliferative stage prior to white matter establishment (P1) and the peak of oligodendrocye differentiation and myelin synthesis (P18 and P21). 3 biological replicates (whole brain without the cerebellum) from each wild-type and eIF2B-R132H/R132H mutant mice at 3 postnatal (P) days 1, 18 and 21 were used for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Liraz Marom

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-32201 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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A point mutation in translation initiation factor eIF2B leads to function--and time-specific changes in brain gene expression.

Marom Liraz L Ulitsky Igor I Cabilly Yuval Y Shamir Ron R Elroy-Stein Orna O

PloS one 20111031 10

<h4>Background</h4>Mutations in eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B (eIF2B) cause Childhood Ataxia with CNS Hypomyelination (CACH), also known as Vanishing White Matter disease (VWM), which is associated with a clinical pathology of brain myelin loss upon physiological stress. eIF2B is the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) of eIF2, which delivers the initiator tRNA(Met) to the ribosome. We recently reported that a R132H mutation in the catalytic subunit of this GEF, causing a 20% ...[more]

PMID: 22073122

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Transcriptome of early postnatal brain development of eIF2B-R132H/R132H mutant mice relative to wild-types.

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A point mutation in translation initiation factor eIF2B leads to function--and time-specific changes in brain gene expression.

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