Article
[Pathology of unstable sequence of genome: fragile-X-syndrome].
Comptes rendus des seances de la Societe de biologie et de ses filiales - 1 Jan 1992
Beldjord C, Richard L
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X syndrome is the most frequent form of inherited mental retardation and is associated with a fragile site at Xq27-3. This fragile site is an unstable microsatellite repeat, p(CCG). In fragile X syndrome families, this sequence exhibits variable amplification, the length of which correlat...
Topics
- DNA
- Female
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
