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Beyond Epilepsy and Autism: Disruption of GABRB3 Causes Ocular Hypopigmentation.
Cell reports - 20 Dec 2016
Delahanty Ryan J, Zhang Yanfeng, Bichell Terry Jo, Shen Wangzhen, Verdier Kelienne, Macdonald Robert L, Xu Lili, Boyd Kelli, Williams Janice, Kang Jing-Qiong
Abstract excerpt
Reduced ocular pigmentation is common in Angelman syndrome (AS) and Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and is long thought to be caused by OCA2 deletion. GABRB3 is located in the 15q11-13 region flanked by UBE3A, GABRA5, GABRG3, and OCA2. Mutations in GABRB3 have frequently been associated with epilepsy and autism, consistent with its role in neurodevelopment. We report here a robust phenotype in the mouse in which...
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