Most inherited diseases are associated with mutations in a specific gene. Often, mutations in two or more different genes result in diseases with a similar phenotype. Rarely do different mutations in the same gene result in a multitude of seemingly different and unrelated diseases. Mutations in the Lamin A gene (LMNA), which encodes largely ubiquitously expressed nuclear proteins (A-type lamins), are associated with at least eight different diseases, collectively called the laminopathies. Studies examining how different tissue-specific diseases arise from unique LMNA mutations are providing unanticipated insights into the structural organization of the nucleus, and how disruption of this organization relates to novel mechanisms of disease.
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Journal: Annual review of genomics and human genetics
VOLUME: 7
Page Numbers: 369-405
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ISSN: 1527-8204
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MONTH: 11
YEAR: 2006
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AFFILIATION: 1Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0235, 2Cancer and Developmental Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702; email: Stewartc@ncifcrf.gov.
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