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Mutations in TUBB8 cause a multiplicity of phenotypes in human oocytes and early embryos.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Oct 2016
Feng Ruizhi, Yan Zheng, Li Bin, Yu Min, Sang Qing, Tian Guoling, Xu Yao, Chen Biaobang, Qu Ronggui, Sun Zhaogui, Sun Xiaoxi, Jin Li, He Lin, Kuang Yanping, Cowan Nicholas J, Wang Lei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: TUBB8 is a primate-specific β-tubulin isotype whose expression is confined to oocytes and the early embryo. We previously found that mutations in TUBB8 caused oocyte maturation arrest. The objective was to describe newly discovered mutations in TUBB8 and to characterise the accompanying spectrum of phenotypes and modes of inheritance. METHODS AND RESULTS: Patients with oocyte maturation arrest were...
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