Abstract
Fragile X syndrome is the most common form of hereditary intellectual disability among men, caused by the loss of function of the FMRP protein, encoded by the FMR1 gene, which has regulatory roles in the translational repression of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) involved mainly in neuronal maturation and synaptic plasticity. The segment encoded by exon 14 of FMR1 influences the cytoplasmic or nuc…