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19p13.2 microduplication causes a Sotos syndrome-like phenotype and alters gene expression.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jan 2012
Lehman A M, du Souich C, Chai D, Eydoux P, Huang J L, Fok A K, Avila L, Swingland J, Delaney A D, McGillivray B, Goldowitz D, Argiropoulos B, Kobor M S, Boerkoel C F
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Up to 90% of individuals affected by Sotos syndrome have a pathogenic alteration of NSD1 (encodes nuclear receptor-binding Su-var, enhancer of zeste, and trithorax domain protein 1), a histone methyltransferase that functions as both a transcriptional activator and a repressor. Genomic copy numbe...
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