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Phenotypes of X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and altered trafficking of mutant connexin 32 (GJB1).
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2001
Matsuyama W, Nakagawa M, Moritoyo T, Takashima H, Umehara F, Hirata K, Suehara M, Osame M
Abstract excerpt
To clarify the pathomechanism in three patients with X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMTX) and unique clinical features, we studied three connexin (Cx) 32 (GJB1) mutants with respect to cellular localization in cultured cells. Wild-type Cx32 and three Cx32 mutants (Va163Ile and Glu186Lys, obtained from CMTX patients with hearing impairment; and Arg22Gln, obtained from a CMTX patient with a fair number of...
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