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Comparison of zebrafish and mice knockouts for Megalencephalic Leukoencephalopathy proteins indicates that GlialCAM/MLC1 forms a functional unit.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 21 Nov 2019
Pérez-Rius Carla, Folgueira Mónica, Elorza-Vidal Xabier, Alia A, Hoegg-Beiler Maja B, Eeza Muhamed N H, Díaz María Luz, Nunes Virginia, Barrallo-Gimeno Alejandro, Estévez Raúl
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Megalencephalic Leukoencephalopathy with subcortical Cysts (MLC) is a rare type of leukodystrophy characterized by astrocyte and myelin vacuolization, epilepsy and early-onset macrocephaly. MLC is caused by mutations in MLC1 or GLIALCAM, coding for two membrane proteins with an unknown function that form a complex specifically expressed in astrocytes at cell-cell junctions. Recent studies in Mlc1-/-...
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