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Plastin 3 expression in discordant spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) siblings.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Jun 2011
Bernal Sara, Also-Rallo Eva, Martínez-Hernández Rebeca, Alías Laura, Rodríguez-Alvarez Francisco Javier, Millán José M, Hernández-Chico Concepción, Baiget Montserrat, Tizzano Eduardo F
Abstract excerpt
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by loss or mutations of the survival motor neuron 1 gene (SMN1). Its highly homologous copy, SMN2, is present in all SMA cases and is a phenotypic modifier. There are cases where asymptomatic siblings of typical SMA patients possess a homozygous deletion of SMN1 just like their symptomatic brothers or sisters. Plastin 3 (PLS3) when over expressed in lymphoblasts from...
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