Molecular genetics of the fragile-X syndrome: a novel type of unstable mutation.

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Fragile-X syndrome, the most common inherited form of mental retardation, has a very unusual mode of inheritance. The disease is caused by a multistep expansion, in successive generations, of a polymorphic CGG repeat localized in a 5' exon of FMR-1, a gene of unknown function. Two main mutation types have been categorized. Premutations are moderate expansions of the repeat and do not cause mental retardation....

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