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Mutations of the CEP290 gene encoding a centrosomal protein cause Meckel-Gruber syndrome.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2008
Frank Valeska, den Hollander Anneke I, Brüchle Nadina Ortiz, Zonneveld Marijke N, Nürnberg Gudrun, Becker Christian, Du Bois Gabriele, Kendziorra Heide, Roosing Susanne, Senderek Jan, Nürnberg Peter, Cremers Frans P M, Zerres Klaus, Bergmann Carsten
Abstract excerpt
Meckel-Gruber syndrome (MKS) is an autosomal recessive, lethal multisystemic disorder characterized by meningooccipital encephalocele, cystic kidney dysplasia, hepatobiliary ductal plate malformation, and postaxial polydactyly. Recently, genes for MKS1 and MKS3 were identified, putting MKS on the list of ciliary disorders (ciliopathies). By positional cloning in a distantly related multiplex family, we mapped a...
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