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A rare polyadenylation signal mutation of the FOXP3 gene (AAUAAA-->AAUGAA) leads to the IPEX syndrome.
Immunogenetics - 1 Aug 2001
Bennett C L, Brunkow M E, Ramsdell F, O'Briant K C, Zhu Q, Fuleihan R L, Shigeoka A O, Ochs H D, Chance P F
Abstract excerpt
The mouse scurfy gene, Foxp3, and its human orthologue, FOXP3, which maps to Xp11.23-Xq13.3, were recently identified by positional cloning. Point mutations and microdeletions of the FOXP3 gene were found in the affected members of eight of nine families with IPEX (immune dysfunction, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked; OMIM 304930). We evaluated a pedigree with clinically typical IPEX in which mutations...
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