Support for the homeobox transcription factor gene ENGRAILED 2 as an autism spectrum disorder susceptibility locus

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 851-868

  Benayed, Rym ^a   Gharani, Neda ^c   Rossman, Ian ^a   Mancuso, Vincent ^a   Lazar, Gloria ^a   Kamdar, Silky ^a   Bruse, Shannon E ^c   Tischfield, Samuel ^a   Smith, Brett J ^c   Zimmerman, Raymond A ^c   DiCicco Bloom, Emanuel ^a   Brzustowicz, Linda M ^b,c   Millonig, James H ^a,c,d  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENGRAILED 2 GENE; FAMILY STUDY; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 27244454668     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497705     Document Type: Article

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