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Mutations in the kinase Rsk-2 associated with Coffin-Lowry syndrome.
Nature - 12 Dec 1996
Trivier E, De Cesare D, Jacquot S, Pannetier S, Zackai E, Young I, Mandel J L, Sassone-Corsi P, Hanauer A
Abstract excerpt
The Coffin-Lowry syndrome (CLS), an X-linked disorder, is characterized by severe psychomotor retardation, facial and digital dysmorphisms, and progressive skeletal deformations. Genetic linkage analysis mapped the CLS locus to an interval of 2-3 megabases at Xp22.2. The gene coding for Rsk-2, a member of the growth-factor-regulated protein kinases, maps within the candidate interval, and was tested as a...
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