Transcription of the FMR1 gene in individuals with fragile X syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 195-203

  Tassone, Flora ^a   Hagerman, Randi J ^b,c   Chamberlain, Winston D ^b   Hagerman, Paul J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of pediatrics ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Gene silencing; Mental retardation; RT PCR; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GUANINE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL LINE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MOSAICISM; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

GENETTA;

EID: 0034526068     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(200023)97:3<195::AID-AJMG1037>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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