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Human PEX1 is mutated in complementation group 1 of the peroxisome biogenesis disorders.
Nature genetics - 1 Dec 1997
Portsteffen H, Beyer A, Becker E, Epplen C, Pawlak A, Kunau W H, Dodt G
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Human peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBDs) are a group of genetically heterogeneous autosomal-recessive disease caused by mutations in PEX genes that encode peroxins, proteins required for peroxisome biogenesis. These lethal diseases include Zellweger syndrome (ZS), neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy (NALD) and infantile Refsum's disease (IRD), three phenotypes now thought to represent a continuum of clinical...
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