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Functional validation of novel MKS3/TMEM67 mutations in COACH syndrome.
Scientific reports - 31 Aug 2017
Lee So-Hyun, Nam Tai-Seung, Li Wenting, Kim Jung Ha, Yoon Woong, Choi Yoo-Duk, Kim Kun-Hee, Cai Hua, Kim Min Jung, Kim Changsoo, Choy Hyon E, Kim Nacksung, Chay Kee Oh, Kim Myeong-Kyu, Choi Seok-Yong
Abstract excerpt
COACH syndrome is an autosomal recessive developmental disorder, a subtype of Joubert syndrome and related disorders, characterized by cerebellar vermis hypoplasia, oligophrenia, ataxia, coloboma, and hepatic fibrosis. Although mutations in TMEM67 (transmembrane protein 67)/MKS3 (Meckel-Gruber syndrome, type 3) were reported to cause COACH syndrome, this causality has not verified by functional studies. In a...
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