What does CNTNAP2 reveal about autism spectrum disorder?

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 156-163

  Peñagarikano, Olga ^a,b   Geschwind, Daniel H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACTIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN LIKE 2; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 7; CLINICAL GENETICS; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DYSLEXIA; DYSPLASIA; ENDOPHENOTYPE; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STUTTERING;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84858077787     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: 1471499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2012.01.003     Document Type: Review

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