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Analysis of FMR1 deletion in a subpopulation of post-mitotic neurons in mouse cortex and hippocampus.
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research - 1 Feb 2014
Amiri Anahita, Sanchez-Ortiz Efrain, Cho Woosung, Birnbaum Shari G, Xu Jing, McKay Renée M, Parada Luis F
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common form of inherited mental retardation and the leading cause of autism. FXS is caused by mutation in a single gene, FMR1, which encodes an RNA-binding protein FMRP. FMRP is highly expressed in neurons and is hypothesized to have a role in synaptic structure, function, and plasticity by regulating mRNAs that encode pre- and post-synaptic proteins. Fmr1 knockout (KO) mice...
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