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Molecular genetics of a patient with Mohr-Tranebjaerg Syndrome due to a new mutation in the DDP1 gene.
Neuromolecular medicine - 1 Jan 2007
Blesa José Rafael, Solano Abelardo, Briones Paz, Prieto-Ruiz Jesús Angel, Hernández-Yago José, Coria Francisco
Abstract excerpt
The deafness-dystonia syndrome (DDS) or Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome (MTS, MIM 304700) is a rare X-linked recessive neurological disorder resulting from loss-of-function mutations in the nuclear DDP1/TIMM8A gene, involved in the transport and sorting of proteins to the mitochondrial inner membrane. A Mohr-Tranebjaerg patient and his mother were subjected to clinical and molecular studies. Screening of mutations were...
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