SMN2
Survival of Motor Neuron 2 gene. SMN2 is structurally similar to the SMN1 gene and also codes for the SMN protein that if insufficiently expressed, will lead to spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The SMN protein produced by SMN2, compared to that of SMN1 is shortened and dysfunctional.
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