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UBQLN2/ubiquilin 2 mutation and pathology in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Oct 2012
Williams Kelly L, Warraich Sadaf T, Yang Shu, Solski Jennifer A, Fernando Ruvini, Rouleau Guy A, Nicholson Garth A, Blair Ian P
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) shows clinical and pathological overlap with frontotemporal dementia that includes the presence of hallmark ubiquitinated inclusions in affected neurons. Mutations in UBQLN2, which encodes ubiquilin 2, were recently identified in X-linked juvenile and adult-onset ALS and ALS/dementia. As part of an established exome sequencing program to identify disease genes in familial ALS,...
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