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Fragile X mental retardation protein regulates new neuron differentiation in the adult olfactory bulb.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 9 Feb 2011
Scotto-Lomassese Sophie, Nissant Antoine, Mota Tatiana, Néant-Féry Marie, Oostra Ben A, Greer Charles A, Lledo Pierre-Marie, Trembleau Alain, Caillé Isabelle
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The fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) is an RNA-binding protein essential for multiple aspects of neuronal mRNA metabolism. Its absence leads to the fragile X syndrome, the most prevalent genetic form of mental retardation. The anatomical landmark of the disease, also present in the Fmr1 knock-out (KO) mice, is the hyperabundance of immature-looking lengthened dendritic spines. We used the well known...
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