Article
Mucopolysaccharidosis type VII: characterization of mutations and molecular heterogeneity.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 1991
Tomatsu S, Fukuda S, Sukegawa K, Ikedo Y, Yamada S, Yamada Y, Sasaki T, Okamoto H, Kuwahara T, Yamaguchi S
Abstract excerpt
We identified two different exonic point mutations causing beta-glucuronidase (beta G1) deficiency in two Japanese patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type VII (MPSVII). Enzyme assay of lysates of the lymphocytes and cultured fibroblasts showed little residual activity. The beta G1-specific mRNA levels were normal, as determined by northern blot analysis. Mutated cDNA clones, including the entire coding sequence,...
Topics
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Cells, Cultured
- Child
- DNA
- Female
- Fibroblasts
- Genetic Variation
- Glucuronidase
- Humans
- Lymphocytes
