Highly clustered de novo frameshift variants in the neuronal splicing factor NOVA2 result in a specific abnormal C terminal part and cause a severe form of intellectual disability with autistic features.
Francesca Mattioli, Gaëlle Hayot, Nathalie Drouot, Bertrand Isidor, Jérémie Courraud, Frédéric Tran Mau‐Them, Chantal Sellier, María-Victoria Hinckelmann, Alica M. Goldman, Aida Bytyci Telegrafi, Alicia Boughton, Candace Gamble, Sébastien Moutton, Angélique Quartier, Nolwenn Jean‐Marçais, , Amélie Piton
The paper identifies de novo frameshift variants in NOVA2 causing a severe neurodevelopmental disorder with intellectual disability and autistic features, and shows altered RNA splicing and functional deficits.
bioRxiv · Dec 4, 2019 · PreprintGenetics