AGG interruptions and maternal age affect FMR1 CGG repeat allele stability during transmission

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yrigollen, Carolyn M ^a   Martorell, Loreto ^b   Durbin Johnson, Blythe ^a   Naudo, Montserrat ^b   Genoves, Jordi ^b   Murgia, Alessandra ^c   Polli, Roberta ^c   Zhou, Lili ^d   Barbouth, Deborah ^e   Rupchock, Abigail ^e   Finucane, Brenda ^f   Latham, Gary J ^g   Hadd, Andrew ^g   Berry Kravis, Elizabeth ^d   Tassone, Flora ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Geisinger Autism Developmental Medicine Institute   (United States)

^g ASURAGEN INC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AGG interruptions; FMR1; full mutation; gray intermediate allele; premutation; risk of expansion

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN;

AGG INTERRUPTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CGG REPEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84958110429     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1866-1955-6-24     Document Type: Article

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