De novo nonsense mutations in ASXL1 cause Bohring-Opitz syndrome

Alexander Hoischen, Bregje W.M. Van Bon, Benjamín Rodríguez-Santiago, Christian Gilissen, Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers, Petra De Vries, Irene Janssen, Bart Van Lier, Rob Hastings, Sarah F. Smithson, Ruth Newbury-Ecob, Susanne Kjaergaard, Judith Goodship, Ruth McGowan, Deborah Bartholdi, Anita Rauch, Maarit Peippo, Jan M. Cobben, Dagmar Wieczorek, Gabriele Gillessen-KaesbachJoris A. Veltman, Han G. Brunner*, Bert B.B.A. De Vries

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit
126 Zitate (Scopus)

Abstract

Bohring-Opitz syndrome is characterized by severe intellectual disability, distinctive facial features and multiple congenital malformations. We sequenced the exomes of three individuals with Bohring-Opitz syndrome and in each identified heterozygous de novo nonsense mutations in ASXL1, which is required for maintenance of both activation and silencing of Hox genes. In total, 7 out of 13 subjects with a Bohring-Opitz phenotype had de novo ASXL1 mutations, suggesting that the syndrome is genetically heterogeneous.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftNature Genetics
Jahrgang43
Ausgabenummer8
Seiten (von - bis)729-731
Seitenumfang3
ISSN1061-4036
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 01.08.2011

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