Article
KIF1C mutations in two families with hereditary spastic paraparesis and cerebellar dysfunction.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 2014
Dor Talya, Cinnamon Yuval, Raymond Laure, Shaag Avraham, Bouslam Naima, Bouhouche Ahmed, Gaussen Marion, Meyer Vincent, Durr Alexandra, Brice Alexis, Benomar Ali, Stevanin Giovanni, Schuelke Markus, Edvardson Simon
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hereditary spastic paraparesis (HSP) (syn. Hereditary spastic paraplegia, SPG) are a group of genetic disorders characterised by spasticity of the lower limbs due to pyramidal tract dysfunction. Nearly 60 disease loci have been identified, which include mutations in two genes (KIF5A and KIF1A) that encode motor proteins of the kinesin superfamily. Here we report a novel genetic defect in KIF1C of...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Cerebellar Diseases
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Consanguinity
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Genetic Association Studies
