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Isolation of MECP2-null Rett Syndrome patient hiPS cells and isogenic controls through X-chromosome inactivation.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jun 2011
Cheung Aaron Y L, Horvath Lindsay M, Grafodatskaya Daria, Pasceri Peter, Weksberg Rosanna, Hotta Akitsu, Carrel Laura, Ellis James
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Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental autism spectrum disorder that affects girls due primarily to mutations in the gene encoding methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2). The majority of RTT patients carry missense and nonsense mutations leading to a hypomorphic MECP2, while null mutations lea...
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