DUF1220 Dosage Is Linearly Associated with Increasing Severity of the Three Primary Symptoms of Autism

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Davis, Jonathan M ^a   Searles, Veronica B ^a   Anderson, Nathan ^a   Keeney, Jonathon ^a   Dumas, Laura ^a   Sikela, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DUF1220 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLADISTICS; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME 1; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INFANT; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84897455649     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004241     Document Type: Article

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