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Premature termination mutations in exon 3 of the SMN1 gene are associated with exon skipping and a relatively mild SMA phenotype.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Feb 2001
Sossi V, Giuli A, Vitali T, Tiziano F, Mirabella M, Antonelli A, Neri G, Brahe C
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a common motor neuron disease caused by absence or mutation in the survival motor neuron (SMN1) gene. SNM1 and a nearly identical copy, SMN2, encode identical proteins, but SMN2 only produces a little full length protein due to alternative splicing. The level of functional SMN protein and the number of SMN2 genes correlate with the clinical phenotype ranging...
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