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Truncation of the Down syndrome candidate gene DYRK1A in two unrelated patients with microcephaly.
American journal of human genetics - 1 May 2008
Møller Rikke S, Kübart Sabine, Hoeltzenbein Maria, Heye Babett, Vogel Ida, Hansen Christian P, Menzel Corinna, Ullmann Reinhard, Tommerup Niels, Ropers Hans-Hilger, Tümer Zeynep, Kalscheuer Vera M
Abstract excerpt
We have identified and characterized two unrelated patients with prenatal onset of microcephaly, intrauterine growth retardation, feeding problems, developmental delay, and febrile seizures/epilepsy who both carry a de novo balanced translocation that truncates the DYRK1A gene at chromosome 21q22.2. DYRK1A belongs to the dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinase (DYRK) family, which is highly...
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