MeCP2 functions largely cell-autonomously, but also non-cell-autonomously, in neuronal maturation and dendritic arborization of cortical pyramidal neurons
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MeCP2 functions largely cell-autonomously, but also non-cell-autonomously, in neuronal maturation and dendritic arborization of cortical pyramidal neurons.
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عنوان ژورنال: Experimental Neurology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0014-4886
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.12.007