Authors
Stéphane Jamain, Hélène Quach, Catalina Betancur, Maria Råstam, Catherine Colineaux, I Carina Gillberg, Henrik Soderstrom, Bruno Giros, Marion Leboyer, Christopher Gillberg, Thomas Bourgeron
Publication date
2003/5
Journal
Nature genetics
Volume
34
Issue
1
Pages
27-29
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group US
Description
Many studies have supported a genetic etiology for autism. Here we report mutations in two X-linked genes encoding neuroligins NLGN3 and NLGN4 in siblings with autism-spectrum disorders. These mutations affect cell-adhesion molecules localized at the synapse and suggest that a defect of synaptogenesis may predispose to autism.
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S Jamain, H Quach, C Betancur, M Råstam… - Nature genetics, 2003