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A study of the distributional characteristics of FMR1 transcript levels in 238 individuals.
Human genetics - 1 Apr 2004
Allen Emily G, He Weiya, Yadav-Shah Maneesha, Sherman Stephanie L
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X syndrome, the most common form of inherited mental retardation, is caused by hyperexpansion and hypermethylation of a CGG repeat tract in the 5' untranslated region of the FMR1 gene. This methylation causes the gene to be transcriptionally silenced. In addition to the common allele form with less than 41 repeats, there are two other allelic forms of the FMR1 gene that are unmethylated: premutation...
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