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NATURE GENETICS
Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 25-27Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ng1933
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SHANK3 (also known as ProSAP2) regulates the structural organization of dendritic spines and is a binding partner of neuroligins; genes encoding neuroligins are mutated in autism and Asperger syndrome. Here, we report that a mutation of a single copy of SHANK3 on chromosome 22q13 can result in language and/or social communication disorders. These mutations concern only a small number of individuals, but they shed light on one gene dosage - sensitive synaptic pathway that is involved in autism spectrum disorders.
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