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Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata, a peroxisomal biogenesis disorder caused by defects in Pex7p, a peroxisomal protein import receptor: a minireview.
Neurochemical research - 1 Apr 1999
Purdue P E, Skoneczny M, Yang X, Zhang J W, Lazarow P B
Abstract excerpt
Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata (RCDP) is a lethal autosomal recessive disease corresponding to complementation group 11 (CG11), the second most common of the thirteen CGs of peroxisomal biogenesis disorders (PBDs). RCDP is characterized by proximal limb shortening, severely disturbed endochondrial bone formation, and mental retardation, but there is an absence of the neuronal migration defect found in the...
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