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Novel PEX1 coding mutations and 5' UTR regulatory polymorphisms.
Human mutation - 1 Sept 2005
Maxwell Megan A, Leane Pamela B, Paton Barbara C, Crane Denis I
Abstract excerpt
Zellweger syndrome and its milder variants--neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy and infantile Refsum disease--comprise a clinical continuum of diseases referred to as the Zellweger spectrum. Mutations in the PEX1 gene, which consists of 24 exons and encodes a AAA ATPase protein required for peroxisomal protein import, account for approximately two-thirds of the known Zellweger spectrum patient mutations. In this paper,...
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