Biology:DYM

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Dymeclin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DYM gene.[1]

This gene encodes a protein which is necessary for normal skeletal development and brain function and has been first described and named in 2003.[2] Mutations in this gene are associated with two types of recessive osteochondrodysplasias, Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen (DMC) syndrome, which involves both skeletal defects and postnatal microcephaly with intellectual deficiency, and Smith-McCort (SMC) dysplasia, which involves skeletal defects only.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: DYM dymeclin". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=54808. 
  2. El Ghouzzi, V. (2003-02-01). "Mutations in a novel gene Dymeclin (FLJ20071) are responsible for Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen syndrome". Human Molecular Genetics (Oxford University Press (OUP)) 12 (3): 357–364. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddg029. ISSN 1460-2083. PMID 12554689. 

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