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A homozygous deletion in GRID2 causes a human phenotype with cerebellar ataxia and atrophy.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Jul 2013
Utine G Eda, Haliloğlu Göknur, Salanci Bilge, Çetinkaya Arda, Kiper P Özlem, Alanay Yasemin, Aktas Dilek, Boduroğlu Koray, Alikaşifoğlu Mehmet
Abstract excerpt
GRID2 is a member of the ionotropic glutamate receptor family of excitatory neurotransmitter receptors. GRID2 encodes the glutamate receptor subunit delta-2, selectively expressed in cerebellar Purkinje cells. The phenotype associated with loss of GRID2 function was described only in mice until now, characterized by different degrees of cerebellar ataxia and usually relatively mild abnormalities of the...
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