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PAK3 mutation in nonsyndromic X-linked mental retardation.
Nature genetics - 1 Sept 1998
Allen K M, Gleeson J G, Bagrodia S, Partington M W, MacMillan J C, Cerione R A, Mulley J C, Walsh C A
Abstract excerpt
Nonsyndromic X-linked mental retardation (MRX) syndromes are clinically homogeneous but genetically heterogeneous disorders, whose genetic bases are largely unknown. Affected individuals in a multiplex pedigree with MRX (MRX30), previously mapped to Xq22, show a point mutation in the PAK3 (p21-activated kinase) gene, which encodes a serine-threonine kinase. PAK proteins are crucial effectors linking Rho GTPases...
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