31st HSP gene locus discovered

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The 31st HSP gene locus was recently discovered by a

team of scientists from Duke University. The new gene

locus is for a dominant gene and is located on

chromosome 2. An article announcing the discovery was

published in the journal Neurogenetics. There is no

abstract for the article.

The scientific team included Drs. Zuchner,

Kail, Martha Nance (the chairman of the SPF’s

Scientific Advisory Board), Gaskell, Ingrid

Svenson, Marchuk (recipient of an SPF research

grant in 2003), Margaret Pericak-Vance, and

-Koch.

SOURCE: A new locus for dominant hereditary spastic

paraplegia maps to chromosome 2p12. Neurogenetics.

2006 Mar 25; [Epub ahead of print]

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