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Impairment of translation in neurons as a putative causative factor for autism.
Biology direct - 10 Jul 2014
Poliakov Eugenia, Koonin Eugene V, Rogozin Igor B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A dramatic increase in the prevalence of autism and Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) has been observed over the last two decades in USA, Europe and Asia. Given the accumulating data on the possible role of translation in the etiology of ASD, we analyzed potential effects of rare synonymous substitutions associated with ASD on mRNA stability, splicing enhancers and silencers, and codon usage....
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