Molecular mechanisms generating and stabilizing terminal 22q13 deletions in 44 subjects with Phelan/McDermid syndrome.

In this study, we used deletions at 22q13, which represent a substantial source of human pathology (Phelan/McDermid syndrome), as a model for investigating the molecular mechanisms of terminal deletions that are currently poorly understood. We characterized at the molecular level the genomic rearran...

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Main Authors: Maria Clara Bonaglia, Roberto Giorda, Silvana Beri, Cristina De Agostini, Francesca Novara, Marco Fichera, Lucia Grillo, Ornella Galesi, Annalisa Vetro, Roberto Ciccone, Maria Teresa Bonati, Sabrina Giglio, Renzo Guerrini, Sara Osimani, Susan Marelli, Claudio Zucca, Rita Grasso, Renato Borgatti, Elisa Mani, Cristina Motta, Massimo Molteni, Corrado Romano, Donatella Greco, Santina Reitano, Anna Baroncini, Elisabetta Lapi, Antonella Cecconi, Giulia Arrigo, Maria Grazia Patricelli, Chiara Pantaleoni, Stefano D'Arrigo, Daria Riva, Francesca Sciacca, Bernardo Dalla Bernardina, Leonardo Zoccante, Francesca Darra, Cristiano Termine, Emanuela Maserati, Stefania Bigoni, Emanuela Priolo, Armand Bottani, Stefania Gimelli, Frederique Bena, Alfredo Brusco, Eleonora di Gregorio, Irene Bagnasco, Ursula Giussani, Lucio Nitsch, Pierluigi Politi, Maria Luisa Martinez-Frias, Maria Luisa Martínez-Fernández, Nieves Martínez Guardia, Anna Bremer, Britt-Marie Anderlid, Orsetta Zuffardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3136441?pdf=render