| Literature DB >> 17845870 |
Björn Menten1, Karen Buysse, Stefan Vermeulen, Valerie Meersschaut, Jo Vandesompele, Bee L Ng, Nigel P Carter, Geert R Mortier, Frank Speleman.
Abstract
We report on a patient with mental retardation, seizures and tall stature with advanced bone age in whom a de novo apparently balanced chromosomal rearrangement 46,XX,t(X;9)(q12;p13.3) was identified. Using array CGH on flow-sorted derivative chromosomes (array painting) and subsequent FISH and qPCR analysis, we mapped and sequenced both breakpoints. The Xq12 breakpoint was located within the gene coding for oligophrenin 1 (OPHN1) whereas the 9p13.3 breakpoint was assigned to a non-coding segment within a gene dense region. Disruption of OPHN1 by the Xq12 breakpoint was considered the major cause of the abnormal phenotype observed in the proband.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17845870 PMCID: PMC2688819 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2007.07.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Med Genet ISSN: 1769-7212 Impact factor: 2.708