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Nature Medicine  8, 1204 - 1205 (2002)
doi:10.1038/nm1102-1204

A new regulatory pathway for fragile X syndrome?

R. Scott Hansen1 & Charles D. Laird2

1  Division of Medical Genetics University of Washington Seattle, Washington, USA

2  Department of Zoology University of Washington seattle, Washington, USA cdlaird@u.washington.edu

One out of every 4,500 males suffers cognitive impairment due to alterations in the fragile X gene. The gene has a complicated biology, and it may have just gotten a bit more complex. The fragile X gene product in flies could play a role in regulation by small RNA molecules.

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