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ArticleBMC medical genetics2014

A novel single base pair duplication in WDR62 causes primary microcephaly.

Verena Rupp, Sobiah Rauf, Ishrat Naveed, Christian Windpassinger, Asif Mir

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Article in BMC medical genetics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Verena Rupp
Sobiah Rauf
Ishrat Naveed
Christian Windpassinger
Asif Mir
International Islamic University, Islamabad · PKMedical University of Graz · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPrimary microcephaly is a disorder of the brain resulting in a reduced head circumference that can come along with intellectual disability but with hardly any other neurological abnormalities. CASE PRESENTATION: In this study we report on three Pakistani males from a consanguineous family with 2, 4 and 25 years, diagnosed with autosomal recessive primary microcephaly. By genotyping, Sanger sequencing and using bioinformatical approaches the disease causing mutation was identified and evaluated.

conclusionBy using a 250K SNP array, we were able to detect an 11Mb large autozygous region in the MCPH2 locus on chromosome 19q13.12. Sequencing of the associated gene, WDR62, revealed the frameshift causing single base pair duplication, c.2527dupG. This mutation is predicted to affect the structural features of WDR62 which in turn changes the conformation and function of the protein. Aspartic acid (D) at position 843 was found to be conserved among various ortholog species. The present findings will be helpful in genetic diagnosis of patients and future studies of WDR62.

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AdultAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell Cycle ProteinsChild, PreschoolChromosomes, Human, Pair 19Gene DuplicationGenotypeHumansMaleMicrocephalyMolecular Sequence DataNerve Tissue ProteinsPedigreeSequence AlignmentSequence Analysis, DNACell Cycle ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsWDR62 protein, human

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PMID25303973
PMCPMC4258795
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