Mutations in the ZNF41 Gene Are Associated with Cognitive Deficits: Identification of a New Candidate for X-Linked Mental Retardation

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1341-1354

  Shoichet, Sarah A ^a   Hoffmann, Kirsten ^a   Menzel, Corinna ^a   Trautmann, Udo ^b   Moser, Bettina ^a   Hoeltzenbein, Maria ^a   Echenne, Bernard ^c   Partington, Michael ^d   Van Bokhoven, Hans ^e   Moraine, Claude ^f   Fryns, Jean Pierre ^g   Chelly, Jamel ^h   Rott, Hans Dieter ^b   Ropers, Hans Hilger ^a   Kalscheuer, Vera M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^g Clinical Genetics Unit   (Belgium)

^h CHU Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE PRODUCT; LEUCINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN ZNF41; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION X; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 9144230687     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380309     Document Type: Article

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