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Ultrastructural analysis of the functional domains in FMRP using primary hippocampal mouse neurons.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Aug 2009
Levenga Josien, Buijsen Ronald A M, Rifé Maria, Moine Hervé, Nelson David L, Oostra Ben A, Willemsen Rob, de Vrij Femke M S
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X syndrome is caused by lack of the protein FMRP. FMRP mediates mRNA binding, dendritic mRNA transport and translational control at spines. We examined the role of functional domains of FMRP in neuronal RNA-granule formation and dendritic transport using different FMRP variants, including the mutant FMRP_I304N and the splice-variant FMRP_Iso12. Both variants are absent from dendritic RNA-granules in Fmr1...
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