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Loss of function of SLC25A46 causes lethal congenital pontocerebellar hypoplasia.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Nov 2016
Wan Jijun, Steffen Janos, Yourshaw Michael, Mamsa Hafsa, Andersen Erik, Rudnik-Schöneborn Sabine, Pope Kate, Howell Katherine B, McLean Catriona A, Kornberg Andrew J, Joseph Jörg, Lockhart Paul J, Zerres Klaus, Ryan Monique M, Nelson Stanley F, Koehler Carla M, Jen Joanna C
Abstract excerpt
Disturbed mitochondrial fusion and fission have been linked to various neurodegenerative disorders. In siblings from two unrelated families who died soon after birth with a profound neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by pontocerebellar hypoplasia and apnoea, we discovered a missense mutation and an exonic deletion in the SLC25A46 gene encoding a mitochondrial protein recently implicated in optic atrophy...
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