A mixed epigenetic/genetic model for oligogenic inheritance of autism with a limited role for UBE3A

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 131 A, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Jiang, Yong Hui ^a   Sahoo, Trilochan ^a   Michaelis, Ron C ^b   Bercovich, Dani ^a   Bressler, Jan ^a   Kashork, Catherine D ^a   Liu, Qian ^a   Shaffer, Lisa G ^a,d   Schroer, Richard J ^b   Stockton, David W ^a   Spielman, Richard S ^c   Stevenson, Roger E ^b   Beaudet, Arthur L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angelman syndrome; Autism; Complex disease traits; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Ubiquitin ligase

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E6 AP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN TISSUE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EXON; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC MODEL; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOBLAST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE BAMHI; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HPAII; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 5444246895     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30297     Document Type: Article

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