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Mutations in DNAJC5, encoding cysteine-string protein alpha, cause autosomal-dominant adult-onset neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.
American journal of human genetics - 12 Aug 2011
Nosková Lenka, Stránecký Viktor, Hartmannová Hana, Přistoupilová Anna, Barešová Veronika, Ivánek Robert, Hůlková Helena, Jahnová Helena, van der Zee Julie, Staropoli John F, Sims Katherine B, Tyynelä Jaana, Van Broeckhoven Christine, Nijssen Peter C G, Mole Sara E, Elleder Milan, Kmoch Stanislav
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal-dominant adult-onset neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (ANCL) is characterized by accumulation of autofluorescent storage material in neural tissues and neurodegeneration and has an age of onset in the third decade of life or later. The genetic and molecular basis of the disease has remained unknown for many years. We carried out linkage mapping, gene-expression analysis, exome sequencing, and...
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