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Mosaicism in fragile X affected males.
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Jul 1994
Nolin S L, Glicksman A, Houck G E, Brown W T, Dobkin C S
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X affected males have an expansion of a CGG repeat and a hypermethylated CpG island 5' to the FMR-1 gene. Mosaic males with both a premutation and full mutation have been noted among the affected individuals. Such mosaic males are most easily identified by the presence of a methylated restriction fragment characteristic of the full mutation and an additional unmethylated fragment in the premutation range...
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