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Mouse models of fragile X-related disorders.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 Feb 2023
Willemsen Rob, Kooy R Frank
Abstract excerpt
The fragile X-related disorders are an important group of hereditary disorders that are caused by expanded CGG repeats in the 5' untranslated region of the FMR1 gene or by mutations in the coding sequence of this gene. Two categories of pathological CGG repeats are associated with these disorders, full mutation alleles and shorter premutation alleles. Individuals with full mutation alleles develop fragile X...
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