Animal model for fragile X syndrome

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 563-567

  Oostra, Ben A ^a   Hoogeveen, Andre T ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FMR1 gene; Fragile X syndrome; Knock out mice; Mental retardation; RNA binding; Transgenic mice; Transport

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPLASM; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT;

EID: 0031410204     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899709007483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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