Variants of the CNTNAP2 5' promoter as risk factors for autism spectrum disorders: A genetic and functional approach

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 839-849

  Chiocchetti, A G ^a   Kopp, M ^a   Waltes, R ^a   Haslinger, D ^a   Duketis, E ^a   Jarczok, T A ^a   Poustka, F ^a   Voran, A ^b   Graab, U ^c   Meyer, J ^d   Klauck, S M ^e   Fulda, S ^c   Freitag, C M ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Institute for Experimental Cancer Research in Pediatrics   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACTIN; CONTACTIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN LIKE 2; LUCIFERASE; NUCLEAR FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CNTNAP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BINDING SITE; CHILD; COMPUTER MODEL; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMAN (CITIZEN); HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GERMANY; HEK293 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERMANY; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84932193304     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2014.103     Document Type: Article

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