A mixed epigenetic/genetic model for oligogenic inheritance of autism with a limited role for UBE3A
Jiang Y, Sahoo T, Michaelis RC, Bercovich D, Bressler J, Kashork CD, Liu Q, Shaffer LG, Schroer RJ, Stockton DW, Spielman RS, Stevenson RE, Beaudet AL. A mixed epigenetic/genetic model for oligogenic inheritance of autism with a limited role for UBE3A. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A 2004, 131A: 1-10. PMID: 15389703, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAutistic DisorderBlotting, SouthernBlotting, WesternBrainChromosome AberrationsChromosomes, Human, Pair 15Deoxyribonuclease BamHIDeoxyribonuclease HpaIIDNADNA MethylationFemaleGene DuplicationHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMaleModels, GeneticMutationPedigreeUbiquitin-Protein LigasesConceptsOligogenic inheritanceComplex disease traitsGenome-wide studiesAbnormal DNA methylationE6-AP proteinDe novoGenetic modelsRole of UBE3AUbiquitin ligaseDNA methylationEpigenetic abnormalitiesDisease traitsAutism brainPaternal duplicationChromosome 15qUBE3AGenetic contributionRegion downstreamGenesOligogenic modelInheritanceProteinNovoLigaseBrain samples