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A nonsense mutation in CEP55 defines a new locus for a Meckel-like syndrome, an autosomal recessive lethal fetal ciliopathy.
Clinical genetics - 1 Nov 2017
Bondeson M-L, Ericson K, Gudmundsson S, Ameur A, Pontén F, Wesström J, Frykholm C, Wilbe M
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in genes involved in the cilium-centrosome complex are called ciliopathies. Meckel-Gruber syndrome (MKS) is a ciliopathic lethal autosomal recessive syndrome characterized by genetically and clinically heterogeneous manifestations, including renal cystic dysplasia, occipital encephalocele and polydactyly. Several genes have previously been associated with MKS and MKS-like phenotypes, but there are still...
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