Non-coding RNA in Fragile X Syndrome and Converging Mechanisms Shared by Related Disorders

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is one of the most common forms of hereditary intellectual disability. It is also a well-known monogenic cause of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Repetitive trinucleotide expansion of CGG repeats in the 5′-UTR of FMR1 is the pathological mutation. Full mutation CGG repeats...

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Main Authors: Yafang Zhou, Yacen Hu, Qiying Sun, Nina Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2019.00139/full