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A truncating mutation of TRAPPC9 is associated with autosomal-recessive intellectual disability and postnatal microcephaly.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 2009
Mochida Ganeshwaran H, Mahajnah Muhammad, Hill Anthony D, Basel-Vanagaite Lina, Gleason Danielle, Hill R Sean, Bodell Adria, Crosier Moira, Straussberg Rachel, Walsh Christopher A
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Although autosomal genes are increasingly recognized as important causes of intellectual disability, very few of them are known. We identified a genetic locus for autosomal-recessive nonsyndromic intellectual disability associated with variable postnatal microcephaly through homozygosity mapping of a consanguineous Israeli Arab family. Sequence analysis of genes in the candidate interval identified a nonsense...
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