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Spectrum of PEX6 mutations in Zellweger syndrome spectrum patients.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2010
Ebberink Merel S, Kofster Janet, Wanders Ronald J A, Waterham Hans R
Abstract excerpt
The autosomal recessive Zellweger syndrome spectrum (ZSS) disorders comprise a main subgroup of the peroxisome biogenesis disorders. The ZSS disorders can be caused by mutations in any of 12 different currently identified PEX genes resulting in severe, often lethal, multi-systemic disorders. Defects in the PEX6 gene are the second most common cause for ZSS disorders. The encoded protein PEX6 belongs to the AAA...
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