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Mutation Update for UBE3A variants in Angelman syndrome.
Human mutation - 1 Dec 2014
Sadikovic Bekim, Fernandes Priscilla, Zhang Victor Wei, Ward Patricia A, Miloslavskaya Irene, Rhead William, Rosenbaum Richard, Gin Robert, Roa Benjamin, Fang Ping
Abstract excerpt
Angelman syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a deficiency of the imprinted and maternally expressed UBE3A gene. Although de novo genetic and epigenetic imprinting defects of UBE3A genomic locus account for majority of Angelman diagnoses, approximately 10% of individuals affected with Angelman syndrome are a result of UBE3A loss-of-function mutations occurring on the expressed maternal chromosome....
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