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Germline mutations in the Wilms' tumor suppressor gene are associated with abnormal urogenital development in Denys-Drash syndrome.
Cell - 18 Oct 1991
Pelletier J, Bruening W, Kashtan C E, Mauer S M, Manivel J C, Striegel J E, Houghton D C, Junien C, Habib R, Fouser L
Abstract excerpt
Denys-Drash syndrome is a rare human condition in which severe urogenital aberrations result in renal failure, pseudohermaphroditism, and Wilms' tumor (nephroblastoma). To investigate its possible role, we have analyzed the coding exons of the Wilms' tumor suppressor gene (WT1) for germline mutations. In ten independent cases of Denys-Drash syndrome, point mutations in the zinc finger domains of one WT1 gene copy...
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