KHDC3-like protein
The KHDC3L gene encodes a protein involved in DNA-methylation in particular in oocytes. Mutations cause autosomal recessive recurrent hydatidiform mole 2 and may also play a role in hypomethylation syndrome.
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Caliebe A et al. (2014) A familial disorder of altered DNA-methylation.
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Wang CM et al. (2009) Identification of 13 novel NLRP7 mutations in 20 families with recurrent hydatidiform mole; missense mutations cluster in the leucine-rich region.
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Fallahian M et al. (2013) Mutations in NLRP7 and KHDC3L confer a complete hydatidiform mole phenotype on digynic triploid conceptions.
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Judson H et al. (2002) A global disorder of imprinting in the human female germ line.
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Landolsi H et al. (2011) Screening for NLRP7 mutations in familial and sporadic recurrent hydatidiform moles: report of 2 Tunisian families.
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Parry DA et al. (2011) Mutations causing familial biparental hydatidiform mole implicate c6orf221 as a possible regulator of genomic imprinting in the human oocyte.
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Reddy R et al. (2013) Report of four new patients with protein-truncating mutations in C6orf221/KHDC3L and colocalization with NLRP7.
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Pierre A et al. (2007) Atypical structure and phylogenomic evolution of the new eutherian oocyte- and embryo-expressed KHDC1/DPPA5/ECAT1/OOEP gene family.
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Li L et al. (2008) A subcortical maternal complex essential for preimplantation mouse embryogenesis.
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Zheng P et al. (2009) Role of Filia, a maternal effect gene, in maintaining euploidy during cleavage-stage mouse embryogenesis.
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Zhu K et al. (2015) Identification of a human subcortical maternal complex.
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NCBI article
NCBI 154288
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OMIM.ORG article
Omim 611687
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Orphanet article
Orphanet ID 287584
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Update: Aug. 14, 2020