Article
Novel 7-DHCR mutation in a child with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics - 13 Mar 2000
Patrono C, Rizzo C, Tessa A, Giannotti A, Borrelli P, Carrozzo R, Piemonte F, Bertini E, Dionisi-Vici C, Santorelli F M
Abstract excerpt
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by minor facial anomalies, mental retardation, and multiple congenital abnormalities. Biochemically, the disorder is caused by deficient activity of 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase, which catalyzes the reduction of the Delta7 double bond of 7-dehydrocholesterol to produce cholesterol. Recently, mutations in the gene encoding...
Topics
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Alleles
- Alternative Splicing
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Child, Preschool
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Fathers
- Fibroblasts
- Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
- Humans
