Brain Image of Mouse Lacking Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Brain Image of Mouse Lacking Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein

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In the brains of mice lacking fragile X mental retardation protein, the protein Brd4 (green) is more abundant than normal. This increase might lead to some of the symptoms of fragile X syndrome. Scale bar is 10 micrometers.

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Credit: Korb et al./ Cell 2017

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