Science news articles about 'syndrome gene'

... study, published today in Science*, shows that it is an "on" switch for a startlingly large number of genes. Rett syndrome is caused by a deficiency of the MECP2 gene. It occurs almost exclusively ...

Lack of both the fragile X syndrome gene and one that is related could account for sleep problems associated with ... gene called fragile X-related gene 2 (FXR2) have no rhythm to their wake and sleep ...

... complex and varied behaviors characteristic of Rett syndrome (RTT), an autism spectrum disorder. The research, ... methyl-CpG-binding protein (MECP2) gene, which encodes MeCP2, a protein widely expressed ...

An international collaboration has identified a genetic variation that can influence the severity of Rett syndrome, a neurological disorder.

... Medical Center. Congenital long-QT syndrome affects the electrical activity of the heart ("QT ... modifiers" of long-QT syndrome – genes other than the disease-causing gene that play a role in the disease ...

... , as more crop genomes become mapped, the close linkage of two or more domestication syndrome genes has been reported on several occasions." "This process has similarities to the evolution of ' ...