Not exact matches
Following a Forward Genetics approach, Fleming researchers identified a novel neurological mouse model caused by a functional mutation in the Slc25a46
gene, a new pathogenic target in a wide spectrum of human neurological diseases, including optic atrophy, Charcot - Marie - Tooth type 2, Leigh syndrome, progressive myoclonic ataxia and lethal congenital pontocerebellar
hypoplasia.
Spinal muscular atrophy with pontocerebellar
hypoplasia is caused by a mutation in the VRK1
gene
Loss of function mutations in human Oligophrenin1 (OPHN1)
gene are responsible for syndromic intellectual disability (ID) associated with cerebellar
hypoplasia and cerebral ventricles enlargement.
The dorsal pancreatic bud was enriched for components of Notch, Wnt, BMP, and FGF signaling, almost all
genes known to cause pancreatic agenesis or
hypoplasia, and over 30 unexplored transcription factors.
Ultimately he discovered that the recessive nature of the disease is due to a single
gene of major effect that causes choroidal
hypoplasia, the primary CEA defect.