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Analysis of the RELN gene as a genetic risk factor for autism.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Jun 2005
Skaar D A, Shao Y, Haines J L, Stenger J E, Jaworski J, Martin E R, DeLong G R, Moore J H, McCauley J L, Sutcliffe J S, Ashley-Koch A E, Cuccaro M L, Folstein S E, Gilbert J R, Pericak-Vance M A
Abstract excerpt
Several genome-wide screens have indicated the presence of an autism susceptibility locus within the distal long arm of chromosome 7 (7q). Mapping at 7q22 within this region is the candidate gene reelin (RELN). RELN encodes a signaling protein that plays a pivotal role in the migration of several neuronal cell types and in the development of neural connections. Given these neurodevelopmental functions, recent...
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