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FMR1-AS1 gene
Introduction
In molecular biology, FMR1 antisense RNA 1 (FMR1-AS1), also known as ASFMR1 or FMR4, is a long non-coding RNA. The FMR1-AS1 gene overlaps, and is antisense to, the CGG repeat region of the FMR1 gene.[1] Its expression is upregulated in fragile X syndrome premutation carriers, and silenced in patients with fragile X syndrome.[1][2] FMR1-AS1 has an anti-apoptotic function.[2]
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ladd PD, Smith LE, Rabaia NA, Moore JM, Georges SA, Hansen RS, et al. (2007). “An antisense transcript spanning the CGG repeat region of FMR1 is upregulated in premutation carriers but silenced in full mutation individuals”. Hum Mol Genet. 16 (24): 3174–87. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddm293. PMID 17921506.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Khalil AM, Faghihi MA, Modarresi F, Brothers SP, Wahlestedt C (2008). “A novel RNA transcript with antiapoptotic function is silenced in fragile X syndrome”. PLoS ONE. 3 (1): e1486. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001486. PMC 2194623. PMID 18213394. open access publication – free to read