Translational complexity of the fragile x mental retardation protein: insights from the fly.

Mol Cell

Department of Biological Sciences, Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.

Published: March 2005

Through the awesome power of Drosophila genetics, two recent studies reveal novel mechanisms by which the Fragile X Mental Retardation protein regulates selective mRNA translation, controlling key steps of germline development during oogenesis and neuronal development during synaptogenesis.

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