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Novel biallelic mutations in POLG gene: large deletion and missense variant associated with PEO.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Oct 2021
Lin Yan, Du Jixiang, Wang Wei, Ren Hong, Zhao Dandan, Liu Fuchen, Lin Pengfei, Ji Kunqian, Zhao Yuying, Yan Chuanzhu
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BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial disorders are clinically heterogeneous diseases associated with impaired oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) activity. POLG, which encodes the DNA polymerase-γ (Polγ) catalytic subunit, is the most commonly mutated nuclear gene associated with mitochondrial disorders. METHODS: We carried out whole-exome sequencing (WES) to identify the gene associated with progressive external...
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