Identification of three novel mutations in the MNK gene in three unrelated Japanese patients with classical Menkes disease.

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Menkes disease is an X-linked recessive disorder of the copper membrane transport system caused by mutations to the Menkes (MNK) gene. We identified three novel mutations of the MNK gene in three unrelated Japanese patients with classical Menkes disease by analyzing reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction products and genomic DNA of the MNK gene. Firstly, an insertional mutation was found, 1173 ins A,...

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