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Cellular mechanisms of connexin32 mutations associated with CNS manifestations.
Journal of neuroscience research - 1 Jun 2002
Kleopa Kleopas A, Yum Sabrina W, Scherer Steven S
Abstract excerpt
Both oligodendrocytes and myelinating Schwann cells express the gap junction protein connexin32 (Cx32). Mutations in the gene encoding Cx32 (GJB1) cause the X-linked form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMTX). Although most CMTX patients do not have clinical central nervous system (CNS) manifestations, subclinical evidence of CNS dysfunction is common. We investigated the cellular effects of a subgroup of...
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