Unraveling autism.
In this issue of AJHG, Alarcón et al.,(1) Arking et al.,(2) and Bakkaloglu et al.(3) identify a series of functional variants in the CNTNAP2 gene that unequivocally implicate this gene as causing Type 1 autism in the general population.
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Dietrich A
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Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA. dstephan@tgen.org
D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000235:genetics*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D018433:Twin Studies as Topic
C403049:CNTNAP2 protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins