Mutations in the beta-tubulin gene TUBB5 cause microcephaly with structural brain abnormalities.
Breuss M, Heng JI, Poirier K, Tian G, Jaglin XH, Qu Z, Braun A, Gstrein T, Ngo L, Haas M, Bahi-Buisson N, Moutard ML, Passemard S, Verloes A, Gressens P, Xie Y, Robson KJ, Rani DS, Thangaraj K, Clausen T, Chelly J, Cowan NJ, Keays DA.
Breuss M, et al.
Cell Rep. 2012 Dec 27;2(6):1554-62. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.11.017. Epub 2012 Dec 13.
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We report the occurrence of three microcephalic patients with structural brain abnormalities harboring de novo mutations in TUBB5 (M299V, V353I, and E401K). These mutant proteins, which affect the chaperone-dependent assembly of tubulin heterodimers in different ways, disr …
We report the occurrence of three microcephalic patients with structural brain abnormalities harboring de novo mutations in TUBB5 (M2 …