Nuclear and mitochondrial genome defects in autisms

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1151, Issue , 2009, Pages 102-132

  Smith, Moyra ^a,b   Spence, M Anne ^a   Flodman, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Copy number (CN); Copy number variation (CNV); Dosage changes; Genome; Mitochondria; Twins

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; CADHERIN; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CONTACTIN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 6; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR IONOTROPIC DELTA 1; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN; PROTOCADHERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HEMIZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 47,XYY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NERVE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FUNCTION; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNAPSE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TURNER SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 58149143111     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03571.x     Document Type: Review

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