| Literature DB >> 19165920 |
Juliane Najm1, Denise Horn, Isabella Wimplinger, Jeffrey A Golden, Victor V Chizhikov, Jyotsna Sudi, Susan L Christian, Reinhard Ullmann, Alma Kuechler, Carola A Haas, Armin Flubacher, Lawrence R Charnas, Gökhan Uyanik, Ulrich Frank, Eva Klopocki, William B Dobyns, Kerstin Kutsche.
Abstract
CASK is a multi-domain scaffolding protein that interacts with the transcription factor TBR1 and regulates expression of genes involved in cortical development such as RELN. Here we describe a previously unreported X-linked brain malformation syndrome caused by mutations of CASK. All five affected individuals with CASK mutations had congenital or postnatal microcephaly, disproportionate brainstem and cerebellar hypoplasia, and severe mental retardation.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19165920 DOI: 10.1038/ng.194
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN: 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330