Nielsen Anders L, Jørgensen Poul, Jørgensen Arne L
Department of Human Genetics, The Bartholin Building, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
J Neurogenet. 2002 Jul-Sep;16(3):175-9. doi: 10.1080/01677060215305.
Heterozygous, de novo mutations in the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) gene were recently found to be associated with Alexander disease. We examined the functional effect of such mutations, and observed a decrease in GFAP dimerization. This effect behaves in a dominant fashion and points towards a potential mechanism in pathogenesis.