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KCTD13 is a major driver of mirrored neuroanatomical phenotypes of the 16p11.2 copy number variant.
Nature - 16 May 2012
Golzio Christelle, Willer Jason, Talkowski Michael E, Oh Edwin C, Taniguchi Yu, Jacquemont Sébastien, Reymond Alexandre, Sun Mei, Sawa Akira, Gusella James F, Kamiya Atsushi, Beckmann Jacques S, Katsanis Nicholas
Abstract excerpt
Copy number variants (CNVs) are major contributors to genetic disorders. We have dissected a region of the 16p11.2 chromosome--which encompasses 29 genes--that confers susceptibility to neurocognitive defects when deleted or duplicated. Overexpression of each human transcript in zebrafish embryos identified KCTD13 as the sole message capable of inducing the microcephaly phenotype associated with the 16p11.2...
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