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Similarity of molecular phenotype between known epilepsy gene LGI1 and disease candidate gene LGI2.
BMC biochemistry - 24 Sept 2010
Limviphuvadh Vachiranee, Chua Ling Ling, Rahim Rabi Atul Adawiyah Bte, Eisenhaber Frank, Maurer-Stroh Sebastian, Adhikari Sharmila
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The LGI2 (leucine-rich, glioma inactivated 2) gene, a prime candidate for partial epilepsy with pericentral spikes, belongs to a family encoding secreted, beta-propeller domain proteins with EPTP/EAR epilepsy-associated repeats. In another family member, LGI1 (leucine-rich, glioma inactivated 1) mutations are responsible for autosomal dominant lateral temporal epilepsy (ADLTE). Because a few LGI1...
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