Transposable elements occur more frequently in autism-risk genes: Implications for the role of genomic instability in autism

Translational Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-202

  Williams, Emily L ^a   Casanova, Manuel F ^a   Switala, Andrew E ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Qiu, Mengsheng ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Autism risk genes; Genomic instability; Transposons

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE HISTIDINE TRIAD PROTEIN; PARKIN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DPP10 GENE; FHIT GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; HYDIN GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MBD5 GENE; NRXN1 GENE; PARK2 GENE; PLCB1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSPOSON; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; SEQUENCE DATABASE;

EID: 84885036236     PISSN: 20813856     EISSN: 20816936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13380-013-0113-6     Document Type: Article

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