SHANK proteins: roles at the synapse and in autism spectrum disorder

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 18, 147 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrn.2016.183 Authors: Patricia Monteiro & Guoping Feng Several large-scale genomic studies have supported an association between cases of autism spectrum disorder and mutations in the genes SH3 and multiple ankyrin repeat domains protein 1 (SHANK1), SHANK2 and SHANK3, which encode a family of postsynaptic scaffolding proteins that are

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Source: Nature Reviews Neuroscience - February 8, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Patricia Monteiro Guoping Feng Tags: Review Source Type: research