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Loss-of-function mutation of collybistin is responsible for X-linked mental retardation associated with epilepsy.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Aug 2011
Shimojima Keiko, Sugawara Midori, Shichiji Minobu, Mukaida Souichi, Takayama Rumiko, Imai Katsumi, Yamamoto Toshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
Microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization analysis identified a 737-kb microdeletion of Xq11.1, including the cell division cycle 42 guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF)-9 gene (ARHGEF9), encoding collybistin, which has a pivotal role in formation of postsynaptic glycine and γ-aminobutyric acid receptor clusters, in a male patient with severe mental retardation and epilepsy. No overlapping deletion...
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