Understanding Fragile X syndrome: Molecular, cellular and genomic neuroscience at the crossroads

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 337-340

  Moldin, Steven O ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

EDITORIAL; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENOME; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSLATION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROSCIENCES; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 23944494579     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2005.00150.x     Document Type: Editorial

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