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Maternal mosaicism for mutations in the ARX gene in a family with X linked mental retardation.
Human genetics - 1 Oct 2005
Poirier K, Abriol J, Souville I, Laroche-Raynaud C, Beldjord C, Gilbert B, Chelly J, Bienvenu T
Abstract excerpt
We describe two brothers with mental retardation (MR) due to a c.428_451dup24 in the ARX gene. The mother did not apparently carry the mutation, as determined by dHPLC and by fragment size analysis. Using semiquantitative fluorescent PCR, we show however that 4% of her lymphocytes and 24% of her fibroblasts harbored the duplication. We thus show that the mother displays somatic mosaicism for the duplication...
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