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Hereditary spastic paraplegia-like disorder due to a mitochondrial ATP6 gene point mutation.
Mitochondrion - 1 Jan 2011
Verny Christophe, Guegen Naig, Desquiret Valerie, Chevrollier Arnaud, Prundean Adriana, Dubas Frederic, Cassereau Julien, Ferre Marc, Amati-Bonneau Patrizia, Bonneau Dominique, Reynier Pascal, Procaccio Vincent
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary spastic paraplegia refers to a genetically heterogeneous syndrome. We identified five members of a family suffering from a late-onset spastic paraplegia-like disorder, carrying the homoplasmic m.9176 T>C mutation in the mitochondrial ATP6 gene. The clinical severity of the disease observed in the family was correlated with the biochemical and assembly defects of the ATP synthase. The m.9176 T>C...
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