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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay process in nine alleles of Niemann-Pick type C patients from Spain.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 May 2009
Macías-Vidal Judit, Gort Laura, Lluch Montse, Pineda Mercè, Coll Maria Josep
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in NPC1 or NPC2 genes are responsible of Niemann-Pick type C disease (OMIM #257220), an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder caused by a non-regulation of intracellular lipid trafficking. Alterations such as nonsense or frame shift mutations generate a premature termination-codon (PTC). Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a natural cellular process that degrades mRNAs that...
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