Reelin gene polymorphisms in the Indian population: A possible paternal 5′UTR-CGG-repeat-allele effect on autism

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-112

  Dutta, Shruti ^a   Guhathakurta, Subhrangshu ^a   Sinha, Swagata ^b   Chatterjee, Anindita ^b   Ahmed, Shabina ^c   Ghosh, Saurabh ^d   Gangopadhyay, Prasanta K ^e   Singh, Manoranjan ^a   Usha, Rajamma ^a  

^a Manovikas Biomedical Research and Diagnostic Centre   (India)

^b Manovikas Kendra Rehabilitation and Research Institute for the Handicapped   (India)

^c Assam Autism Foundation   (India)

^d INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^e CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

5 UTR; Association; Autism; Paternal transmission; Reelin

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTS1 GENE; CELL MIGRATION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REELIN GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; ALLELES; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CHILD; DNA; EXONS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INDIA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOTHERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 33846331634     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30419     Document Type: Article

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