Full Text Available

Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.

Investigation of DNA methylation at the promoter region of the aralkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AANAT ) gene in South African children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Sleep problems and suppressed melatonin production commonly presents with core Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) traits. Aralkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AANAT) acts as the penultimate and rate-limiting enzyme in the melatonin biosynthetic pathway, and a study by Hu et al. (2009) reported that AANAT e...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Wyk, Gerrit
Other Authors: O'Ryan, Colleen
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology 2018
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!