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SPG20 is mutated in Troyer syndrome, an hereditary spastic paraplegia.
Nature genetics - 1 Aug 2002
Patel Heema, Cross Harold, Proukakis Christos, Hershberger Ruth, Bork Peer, Ciccarelli Francesca D, Patton Michael A, McKusick Victor A, Crosby Andrew H
Abstract excerpt
Troyer syndrome (TRS) is an autosomal recessive complicated hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) that occurs with high frequency in the Old Order Amish. We report mapping of the TRS locus to chromosome 13q12.3 and identify a frameshift mutation in SPG20, encoding spartin. Comparative sequence anal...
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