Article
Frequency of recent retrotransposition events in the human factor IX gene.
Human mutation - 1 Jun 2001
Li X, Scaringe W A, Hill K A, Roberts S, Mengos A, Careri D, Pinto M T, Kasper C K, Sommer S S
Abstract excerpt
Two germline retrotransposition mutations of recent origin were observed in 727 independent mutations (0.28%) in the human factor IX gene (F9) of patients with hemophilia B: 1) a 279 bp insertion in exon H originating from an Alu family of short interspersed elements not previously known to be ac...
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