A functional tetranucleotide (AAAT) polymorphism in an Alu element in the NF1 gene is associated with mental retardation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 491, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-121

  Védrine, Sylviane Marouillat ^a   Vourc'h, Patrick ^a,b   Tabagh, Refaat ^a   Mignon, Laurence ^c   Höfflin, Saskya ^a   Cherpi Antar, Catherine ^a   Mbarek, Olivier ^a   Paubel, Agathe ^a   Moraine, Claude ^a   Raynaud, Martine ^a   Andres, Christian R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^c Media in Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Association study; CAT; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Non denaturing HPLC; Non syndromic mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NEUROFIBROMIN; THYMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL STRAIN COS7; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ALU ELEMENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79951579488     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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