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ESCRT-III Membrane Trafficking Misregulation Contributes To Fragile X Syndrome Synaptic Defects.
Scientific reports - 17 Aug 2017
Vita Dominic J, Broadie Kendal
Abstract excerpt
The leading cause of heritable intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), Fragile X syndrome (FXS), is caused by loss of the mRNA-binding translational suppressor Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein (FMRP). In the Drosophila FXS disease model, we found FMRP binds shrub mRNA (human Chmp4) to repress Shrub expression, causing overexpression during the disease state early-use critical period....
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