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Molecular dissection of the events leading to inactivation of the FMR1 gene.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Jan 2005
Pietrobono Roberta, Tabolacci Elisabetta, Zalfa Francesca, Zito Ilaria, Terracciano Alessandra, Moscato Umberto, Bagni Claudia, Oostra Ben, Chiurazzi Pietro, Neri Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
The analysis of a lymphoblastoid cell line (5106), derived from a rare individual of normal intelligence with an unmethylated full mutation of the FMR1 gene, allowed us to reconstruct the chain of molecular events leading to the FMR1 inactivation and to fragile X syndrome. We found that lack of DNA methylation of the entire promoter region, including the expanded CGG repeat, correlates with methylation of lysine...
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