Article
Novel intragenic duplications and mutations of CASK in patients with mental retardation and microcephaly with pontine and cerebellar hypoplasia (MICPCH).
Human genetics - 1 Jan 2012
Hayashi Shin, Okamoto Nobuhiko, Chinen Yasutsugu, Takanashi Jun-ichi, Makita Yoshio, Hata Akira, Imoto Issei, Inazawa Johji
Abstract excerpt
The CASK gene encoding a member of the membrane-associated guanylate kinase protein family is highly expressed in the mammalian nervous system of both adults and fetuses, playing several roles in neural development and synaptic function. Recently, CASK aberrations caused by both mutations and del...
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