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Autism-associated mutations in ProSAP2/Shank3 impair synaptic transmission and neurexin-neuroligin-mediated transsynaptic signaling.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 24 Oct 2012
Arons Magali H, Thynne Charlotte J, Grabrucker Andreas M, Li Dong, Schoen Michael, Cheyne Juliette E, Boeckers Tobias M, Montgomery Johanna M, Garner Craig C
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in several postsynaptic proteins have recently been implicated in the molecular pathogenesis of autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), including Neuroligins, Neurexins, and members of the ProSAP/Shank family, thereby suggesting that these genetic forms of autism may share common synaptic mechanisms. Initial studies of ASD-associated mutations in ProSAP2/Shank3 support a role for this protein in...
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