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PLP1 and GPM6B intragenic copy number analysis by MAPH in 262 patients with hypomyelinating leukodystrophies: Identification of one partial triplication and two partial deletions of PLP1.
Neurogenetics - 1 Mar 2006
Combes Patricia, Bonnet-Dupeyron Marie-Noelle, Gauthier-Barichard Fernande, Schiffmann Raphael, Bertini Enrico, Rodriguez Diana, Armour John A L, Boespflug-Tanguy Odile, Vaurs-Barrière Catherine
Abstract excerpt
The proteolipid protein 1 (PLP1) gene is known to be mutated in the X-linked disorders of myelin formation Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) and spastic paraplegia type 2. The most commonly found PLP1 mutations are gene duplications (60-70%) and point mutations (20%). About 20% of patients with a PMD phenotype do not present identified PLP1 mutation, thus suggesting genetic heterogeneity and/or undetected PLP1...
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