The role of Fragile X mental retardation protein in Drosophila cleavage furrow formation
Reduced activity of Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) in brain neurons results in the most common form of heritable mental retardation in humans, Fragile X Syndrome (FXS). FMRP is a selective RNA-binding protein that is implicated in the translational regulation of specific mRNAs in neuro...
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2009-12-411 |