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Analysis of phenotype, enzyme activity and genotype of Chinese patients with POMT1 mutation.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Aug 2016
Yang Haipo, Manya Hiroshi, Kobayashi Kazuhiro, Jiao Hui, Fu Xiaona, Xiao Jiangxi, Li Xiaoqing, Wang Jingmin, Jiang Yuwu, Toda Tatsushi, Endo Tamao, Wu Xiru, Xiong Hui
Abstract excerpt
Protein O-mannosyltransferase 1 (POMT1) is a glycosyltransferase involved in α-dystroglycan glycosylation. POMT1 mutations cause a wide spectrum of clinical conditions from Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS), which involves muscle, eye and brain abnormalities, to mild forms of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy with mental retardation. We aimed to elucidate the impact of different POMT1 mutations on the clinical...
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