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NAGLU mutations underlying Sanfilippo syndrome type B.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 1998
Schmidtchen A, Greenberg D, Zhao H G, Li H H, Huang Y, Tieu P, Zhao H Z, Cheng S, Zhao Z, Whitley C B, Di Natale P, Neufeld E F
Abstract excerpt
Sanfilippo syndrome type B (mucopolysaccharidosis III B) is a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by deficiency of alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase, one of the enzymes required for the lysosomal degradation of heparan sulfate. The gene for this enzyme, NAGLU, recently was isolated, and several mutations were characterized. We have identified, in amplified exons from nine fibroblast cell lines derived from...
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