A founder mutation in the PEX6 gene is responsible for increased incidence of Zellweger syndrome in a French Canadian population

Background Zellweger syndrome (ZS) is a peroxisome biogenesis disorder due to mutations in any one of 13 PEX genes. Increased incidence of ZS has been suspected in French-Canadians of the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region (SLSJ) of Quebec, but this remains unsolved. Methods We identified 5 ZS patients fro...
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Levesque, Sebastien [verfasserIn]

Morin, Charles

Guay, Simon-Pierre

Villeneuve, Josee

Marquis, Pascale

Yik, Wing Yan

Jiralerspong, Sarn

Bouchard, Luigi

Steinberg, Steven

Hacia, Joseph G

Dewar, Ken

Braverman, Nancy E

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E-Artikel

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Englisch

Erschienen:

2012

Schlagwörter:

Zellweger syndrome

Founder effect

Peroxisome biogenesis disorders

Next generation sequencing

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© Levesque et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012

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Enthalten in: BMC medical genetics - London : BioMed Central, 2000, 13(2012), 1 vom: 15. Aug.

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volume:13 ; year:2012 ; number:1 ; day:15 ; month:08

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/1471-2350-13-72

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SPR027490734

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