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NFIX mutations affecting the DNA-binding domain cause a peculiar overgrowth syndrome (Malan syndrome): a new patients series.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Sept 2015
Gurrieri Fiorella, Cavaliere Maria Luigia, Wischmeijer Anita, Mammì Corrado, Neri Giovanni, Pisanti Maria Antonietta, Rodella Giulia, Laganà Carmelo, Priolo Manuela
Abstract excerpt
The Nuclear Factor I-X (NFIX) is a member of the nuclear factor I (NFI) protein family and is deleted or mutated in a subset of patients with a peculiar overgrowth condition resembling Sotos Syndrome as well as in patients with Marshall-Smith syndrome. We identified three additional patients with this phenotype each carrying a different new mutation affecting the DNA-binding/dimerization domain of the NFIX...
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