Biology of the fragile X mental retardation protein, an RNA-binding protein

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 331-342

  Khandjian, Edouard W ^a,b,c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c U de Rech en Genet Hum et Molec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental retardation; Messenger ribonucleoparticles; Messenger ribonucleoprotein; Nucleocytoplasmic trafficking; Polyribosomes; RNA binding proteins

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA METHYLATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RNA TRANSLATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0032737814     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o99-035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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