基因产物：双皮质素。

蛋白功能：大脑皮层发育过程中神经元离散和皮层分层的初始步骤所需的微管相关蛋白。

相关疾病：X连锁 无脑回畸形 （XL）[1]；X连锁 皮层下带状灰质异位 （XL）[2]； West 综合征 [7]。

相关临床研究：PubMed数据库（PMID: 9618162 (Hum Mol Genet. 1998)  [3]；PMID: 28413838 (Epilepsia Open. 2016)  [4]）

相关动物研究：Dcx敲除大鼠（PMID: 25074818 (Ann Neurol. 2014)  [5]），Dcx敲除小鼠（PMID:  28007902 (Hum Mol Genet. 2017)  [6]）  


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