Beyond Epilepsy and Autism: Disruption of GABRB3 Causes Ocular Hypopigmentation
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Autism is a common neurodevelopmental disorder of complex genetic etiology. Rett syndrome, an X-linked dominant disorder caused by MECP2 mutations, and Angelman syndrome, an imprinted disorder caused by maternal 15q11-q13 or UBE3A deficiency, have phenotypic and genetic overlap with autism. MECP2 encodes methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 that acts as a transcriptional repressor for methylated gene c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2211-1247
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.11.067