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Generation and characterization of FMR1 knockout zebrafish.
PloS one - 19 Nov 2009
den Broeder Marjo J, van der Linde Herma, Brouwer Judith R, Oostra Ben A, Willemsen Rob, Ketting René F
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is one of the most common known causes of inherited mental retardation. The gene mutated in FXS is named FMR1, and is well conserved from human to Drosophila. In order to generate a genetic tool to study FMR1 function during vertebrate development, we generated two mutant...
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