A NEW MUTATION IN THE PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN(PLP) GENE IN A GERMAN FAMILY WITH PELIZAEUS-MERZBACHER DISEASE

被引:45
作者
PRATT, VM
TROFATTER, JA
SCHINZEL, A
DLOUHY, SR
CONNEALLY, PM
HODES, ME
机构
[1] INDIANA UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT MED GENET,975 W WALNUT ST,INDIANAPOLIS,IN 46202
[2] UNIV ZURICH,INST MED GENET,CH-8006 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
来源
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS | 1991年 / 38卷 / 01期
关键词
PELIZAEUS-MERZBACHER DISEASE; X-CHROMOSOME; MISSENSE MUTATION; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;
D O I
10.1002/ajmg.1320380129
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
A c-to-T transition in exon 4 of the PLP gene was found in 2 affected males and two obligate carriers in a German family with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease. The mutation, which causes loss of an HphI site and changes amino acid 155 from threonine to isoleucine, was absent from 108 normal chromosomes. There are 5 concordances and 1 discrepancy between these results and those obtained by magnetic resonance imaging in this family.
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页码:136 / 139
页数:4
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