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New splicing-site mutations in the SURF1 gene in Leigh syndrome patients.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 4 May 2001
Pequignot M O, Desguerre I, Dey R, Tartari M, Zeviani M, Agostino A, Benelli C, Fouque F, Prip-Buus C, Marchant D, Abitbol M, Marsac C
Abstract excerpt
The gene SURF1 encodes a factor involved in the biogenesis of cytochrome c oxidase, the last complex in the respiratory chain. Mutations of the SURF1 gene result in Leigh syndrome and severe cytochrome c oxidase deficiency. Analysis of seven unrelated patients with cytochrome c oxidase deficiency and typical Leigh syndrome revealed different SURF1 mutations in four of them. Only these four cases had associated...
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