Fragile X syndrome: Keys to the molecular genetics of synaptic plasticity

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 736-739

  Lombroso, Paul J ^a,b   Ogren, Marilee P ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; FMR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GUANINE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; FMRI GENE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SYNDROME DELINEATION; CHILD; DNA MICROARRAY; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; INTRON; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PROMOTER REGION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILD; CYTOSINE; EXONS; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GUANINE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 50549089689     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181739619     Document Type: Article

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