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Nonsense-mediated messenger RNA decay of survival motor neuron 1 causes spinal muscular atrophy.
Human genetics - 1 Mar 2008
Brichta Lars, Garbes Lutz, Jedrzejowska Maria, Grellscheid Sushma-Nagaraja, Holker Irmgard, Zimmermann Katharina, Wirth Brunhilde
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disorder resulting from functional loss of survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1). Homozygous absence of SMN1 due to deletion or gene conversion accounts for about 96% of SMA cases. In the remaining 4%, subtle SMN1 mutation...
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