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Association of mutations in SCO2, a cytochrome c oxidase assembly gene, with early fetal lethality.
Archives of neurology - 1 Jun 2004
Tay Stacey K H, Shanske Sara, Kaplan Paige, DiMauro Salvatore
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BACKGROUND: SCO2 is a cytochrome c oxidase (COX) assembly gene that encodes a mitochondrial inner membrane protein that probably functions as a copper transporter. Mutations in SCO2 have been associated with severe COX deficiency and early-onset fatal infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, encephalopathy, and neurogenic muscle atrophy. Fetal wastage has not been described in association with mutations of SCO2....
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