Linkage, Association, and Gene-Expression Analyses Identify CNTNAP2 as an Autism-Susceptibility Gene

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 150-159

  Alarcón, Maricela ^a,b   Abrahams, Brett S ^b   Stone, Jennifer L ^b   Duvall, Jacqueline A ^a,b   Perederiy, Julia V ^b   Bomar, Jamee M ^b   Sebat, Jonathan ^c   Wigler, Michael ^c   Martin, Christa L ^d   Ledbetter, David H ^d   Nelson, Stanley F ^b   Cantor, Rita M ^a,b   Geschwind, Daniel H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUREXIN; CNTNAP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 7; CONTACTIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN LIKE 2; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 38749140677     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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