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Expression of the FMR1 gene.
Cytogenetic and genome research - 1 Jan 2003
Tassone F, Hagerman P J
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X syndrome is a trinucleotide repeat disorder in which a (CGG)n element located within the 5' untranslated region of the Fragile X Mental Retardation 1 (FMR1) gene expands to more than 200 copies (full mutation) and becomes hypermethylated. Such expansions are accompanied by the failure to produce FMR1 protein (FMRP), resulting in the fragile X phenotype. For smaller (premutation) expansions...
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