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Mutations in mRNA export mediator GLE1 result in a fetal motoneuron disease.
Nature genetics - 1 Feb 2008
Nousiainen Heidi O, Kestilä Marjo, Pakkasjärvi Niklas, Honkala Heli, Kuure Satu, Tallila Jonna, Vuopala Katri, Ignatius Jaakko, Herva Riitta, Peltonen Leena
Abstract excerpt
The most severe forms of motoneuron disease manifest in utero are characterized by marked atrophy of spinal cord motoneurons and fetal immobility. Here, we report that the defective gene underlying lethal motoneuron syndrome LCCS1 is the mRNA export mediator GLE1. Our finding of mutated GLE1 exposes a common pathway connecting the genes implicated in LCCS1, LCCS2 and LCCS3 and elucidates mRNA processing as a...
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