X-Linked Mental Retardation and Autism Are Associated with a Mutation in the NLGN4 Gene, a Member of the Neuroligin Family

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 552-557

  Laumonnier, Frédéric ^a   Bonnet Brilhault, Frédérique ^a   Gomot, Marie ^a   Blanc, Romuald ^a   David, Albert ^b   Moizard, Marie Pierre ^a   Raynaud, Martine ^a   Ronce, Nathalie ^a   Lemonnier, Eric ^c   Calvas, Patrick ^d   Laudier, Béatrice ^a   Chelly, Jamel ^e   Fryns, Jean Pierre ^f   Ropers, Hans Hilger ^g   Hamel, Ben C J ^h   Andres, Christian ^a   Barthélémy, Catherine ^a   Moraine, Claude ^a   Briault, Sylvain ^a  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c Ctr Inter Reg Etud/Rsrc Autisme   (France)

^d CHU PURPAN   (France)

^e CHU Cochin ^*  (France)

^f CENTER FOR HUMAN GENETICS   (Belgium)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA NEUREXIN; GENE PRODUCT; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BASE PAIRING; CELL INTERACTION; CHROMOSOME XP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIMERIZATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NLGN4 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STOP CODON; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 12144291350     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/382137     Document Type: Article

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