fragile X syndrome FRAXA site

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Introduction

Fragile site results from trinucleotide repeat expansion from <50 to as many as several thousand CGG repeats in 5'untranslated region of FMR-1 gene.

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References

  1. Ross CA, McInnis MG, Margolis RL, Li SH. Genes with triplet repeats: candidate mediators of neuropsychiatric disorders. Trends Neurosci. 1993 Jul;16(7):254-60. Review. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7689767