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NPC1 gene mutations in Japanese patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C.
Human genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Yamamoto T, Nanba E, Ninomiya H, Higaki K, Taniguchi M, Zhang H, Akaboshi S, Watanabe Y, Takeshima T, Inui K, Okada S, Tanaka A, Sakuragawa N, Millat G, Vanier M T, Morris J A, Pentchev P G, Ohno K
Abstract excerpt
Complementary and genomic DNAs isolated from the fibroblasts of 10 Japanese (7 late infantile, 2 juvenile, and 1 adult form of the disease) and one Caucasian patient with Niemann-Pick disease type C were analyzed for mutations in the NPC1 gene. Fourteen novel mutations were found including small deletions and point mutations. A one-base deletion and a point mutation caused splicing errors. The mutations were not...
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