Genetic and Acute CPEB Depletion Ameliorate Fragile X Pathophysiology
Fragile X Syndrome (FXS), the most common cause of inherited mental retardation and autism, is caused by transcriptional silencing of Fmr1, which encodes the translational repressor protein FMRP. FMRP and CPEB, an activator of translation, are present in neuronal dendrites, are predicted to bind man...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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2013
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3823751/ |