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POLG1, C10ORF2, and ANT1 mutations are uncommon in sporadic progressive external ophthalmoplegia with multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions.

Hudson G, Deschauer M, Taylor RW, Hanna MG, Fialho D, Schaefer AM, He LP, Blakely E, Turnbull DM, Chinnery PF

Mitochondrial Research Group, The Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

The authors sequenced POLG1, C10ORF2, and ANT1 in 38 sporadic progressive external ophthalmoplegia patients with multiple mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions. Causative mutations were identified in approximately 10% of cases, with two unrelated individuals harboring a novel premature stop codon mutation (1356T>G). None had a mutation in C10ORF2 or ANT1. In the majority of patients, the primary nuclear genetic defect is likely to affect other unknown genes important for mtDNA maintenance.

Published 9 May 2006 in Neurology, 66(9): 1439-41.
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