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The gene encoding ganglioside-induced differentiation-associated protein 1 is mutated in axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth
Ana Cuesta1, Laia Pedrola, Teresa Sevilla
1Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Instituto de Biomedicina, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Nature Genetics
|December 18, 2001
Abstract:
We identified three distinct mutations and six mutant alleles in GDAP1 in three families with axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathy and vocal cord paresis, which were previously linked to the CMT4A locus on chromosome 8q21.1. These results establish the molecular etiology of CMT4A (MIM 214400) and suggest that it may be associated with both axonal and demyelinating phenotypes.