Study Finds That Autism Genes are Surprisingly Large

• By: Virginia Hughes SFARI.org
• October 1st, 2013
• autism candidate genes, DNA transcription, gene expression, genetic mutations, genetics, long genes, neuronal development, science, synaptic function, topoisomerases
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Enzymes called topoisomerases are crucial for the expression of extremely long genes in neurons, according to a study published 5 September in Nature1. More than one-quarter of these genes are known autism candidates, the study found. In the process of doing these analyses, the researchers...