Locus FRA7A ZNF713

Disease ID
FRA7A
Gene ID
ZNF713
Updated
Aug 24, 2026
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Disease

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Name Autism spectrum disorder associated with fragile site FRA7A
Inheritance
Description
A spectrum of developmental disorders that includes autism and Asperger syndrome. Signs and symptoms include poor communication skills, defective social interactions, and repetitive behaviors .
Prevalence
1 proband reported alongside 3 individuals with premutations, found in 2 families without discussion of ancestry/ethnicity .
Age of Onset Age of OnsetYears2  3
2-3 (four individuals) .
HPO Terms
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Association
Mendelian

Locus

Details
176 controls were used to establish the benign range (5-22 repeats), whereas a singular proband was identified with ~450 repeats . The observed intermediate alleles were presumed to function as premutations, with variable amounts of methylation .
Mechanism
LoF
Methylation, evidence of transcriptional misregulation, .
Detection
Year
2014
Location in Gene
Intron 1
Gene Strand

Alleles

Ref. Motif
CGG
Ranges BenignIntermediatePathogenicUnits5  2242  85450  450
Benign (ref.)
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Benign (gene)
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Pathogenic (ref.)
CGG
Pathogen. (gene)
CGG
Unknown (ref.)
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Unknown (gene)
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Interruption (ref.)
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Interrup. (gene)
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References

Direct supporting references for info on this page.

1
Ontology Lookup Service (OLS)
mondo:0005258
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A CGG-repeat expansion mutation in ZNF713 causes FRA7A: association with autistic spectrum disorder in two families.
Sofie,Metsu, Jacqueline K,Rainger, Kim,Debacker, Birgitta,Bernhard, Liesbeth,Rooms, Daria,Grafodatskaya, Rosanna,Weksberg, Eric,Fombonne, Martin S,Taylor, Stephen W,Scherer, R Frank,Kooy, David R,FitzPatrick
Human mutation · 2014-11-01
pmid:25196122

Additional Literature

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