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Functional characterization of a GJA1 frameshift mutation causing oculodentodigital dysplasia and palmoplantar keratoderma.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 20 Oct 2006
Gong Xiang-Qun, Shao Qing, Lounsbury Crystal S, Bai Donglin, Laird Dale W
Abstract excerpt
A frameshift mutation generated from a dinucleotide deletion (780-781del) in the GJA1 gene encoding Cx43 results in a frameshift yielding 46 aberrant amino acids after residue 259 and a shortened protein of 305 residues compared with the 382 in wild-type Cx43. This frameshift mutant (fs260) causes oculodentodigital dysplasia (ODDD) that includes the added condition of palmoplantar keratoderma. When expressed in a...
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