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Early frameshift mutation in PIGA identified in a large XLID family without neonatal lethality.
Human mutation - 1 Mar 2014
Belet Stefanie, Fieremans Nathalie, Yuan Xuan, Van Esch Hilde, Verbeeck Jelle, Ye Zhaohui, Cheng Linzhao, Brodsky Brett R, Hu Hao, Kalscheuer Vera M, Brodsky Robert A, Froyen Guy
Abstract excerpt
The phosphatidylinositol glycan class A (PIGA) protein is a member of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor pathway. Germline mutations in PIGA located at Xp22.2 are thought to be lethal in males. However, a nonsense mutation in the last coding exon was recently described in two brothers with multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome 2 (MCAHS2) who survived through birth likely because of the...
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