[Molecular and genetic features of fragile X syndrome].

Article

[Molecular and genetic features of fragile X syndrome].

Revista medica de Chile - 1 Jul 1996

Jara L, Avendaño I, Aspillaga M, Blanco R

Abstract excerpt

The fragile-X syndrome is the most frequent cause of sexlinked mental retardation. In the majority of the cases the mutation responsible for the Martin Bell syndrome is produced when an expansion of the (CGG)n repetition is present in the region 5' of the exón 1 of the gene for X-fragile mental r...

Topics

Chromosome Mapping
Female
Fragile X Syndrome
Genetic Markers
Humans
Male
Mutation
Trinucleotide Repeats

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