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Mutations in multidomain protein MEGF8 identify a Carpenter syndrome subtype associated with defective lateralization.
American journal of human genetics - 2 Nov 2012
Twigg Stephen R F, Lloyd Deborah, Jenkins Dagan, Elçioglu Nursel E, Cooper Christopher D O, Al-Sannaa Nouriya, Annagür Ali, Gillessen-Kaesbach Gabriele, Hüning Irina, Knight Samantha J L, Goodship Judith A, Keavney Bernard D, Beales Philip L, Gileadi Opher, McGowan Simon J, Wilkie Andrew O M
Abstract excerpt
Carpenter syndrome is an autosomal-recessive multiple-congenital-malformation disorder characterized by multisuture craniosynostosis and polysyndactyly of the hands and feet; many other clinical features occur, and the most frequent include obesity, umbilical hernia, cryptorchidism, and congenital heart disease. Mutations of RAB23, encoding a small GTPase that regulates vesicular transport, are present in the...
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