Mapping of the GDI1 duplication at Xq28 in four unrelated XLMR patients

ABSTRACT: In a study to elucidate the genetic defects in patients with X-linked mental retardation (XLMR) we performed X chromosome-specific BAC-array-CGH and identified a 0.33 Mb inherited recurrent copy number gain at Xq28 in affected males of four unrelated XLMR families. All aberrations segregate with the disease in the families and the carrier mothers show a nonrandom X-inactivation. Tiling Xq28 region-specific oligo-array revealed that all aberrations start at the same position (153.218 Mb) and end between 153.530 and 154.542 Mb. The copy number gain is complex in nature but always included 18 genes of which three, RPL10, ATP6AP1 and GDI1, are highly expressed in brain. From these, the copy number of GDI1 correlated with the severity of clinical features since it was duplicated in one family w

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Joke Allemeersch 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-17813 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress