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A mutation common in non-Jewish Tay-Sachs disease: frequency and RNA studies.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1992
Akerman B R, Zielenski J, Triggs-Raine B L, Prence E M, Natowicz M R, Lim-Steele J S, Kaback M M, Mules E H, Thomas G H, Clarke J T
Abstract excerpt
Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder resulting from mutation of the HEXA gene encoding the alpha-subunit of the lysosomal enzyme, beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase A (Hex A). We have discovered that a Tay-Sachs mutation, IVS-9 + 1 G-->A, first detected by Akli et al. (Genomics 11:124-134, 1991), is a common disease allele in non-Jewish Caucasians (10/58 alleles examined). A PCR-based...
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