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Mutations in the novel mitochondrial protein REEP1 cause hereditary spastic paraplegia type 31.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Aug 2006
Züchner Stephan, Wang Gaofeng, Tran-Viet Khanh-Nhat, Nance Martha A, Gaskell Perry C, Vance Jeffery M, Ashley-Koch Allison E, Pericak-Vance Margaret A
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) comprises a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous diseases that affect the upper motor neurons and their axonal projections. For the novel SPG31 locus on chromosome 2p12, we identified six different mutations in the receptor expression-enhancing protein 1 gene (REEP1). REEP1 mutations occurred in 6.5% of the patients with HSP in our sample, making it the third-most...
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