Article
A missense mutation in the vasopressin-neurophysin precursor gene cosegregates with human autosomal dominant neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus.
The EMBO journal - 1 Jan 1992
Bahnsen U, Oosting P, Swaab D F, Nahke P, Richter D, Schmale H
Abstract excerpt
Familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus in humans is a rare disease transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. Affected individuals have very low or undetectable levels of circulating vasopressin and suffer from polydipsia and polyuria. An obvious candidate gene for the disease is the vasopressin-neurophysin (AVP-NP) precursor gene on human chromosome 20. The 2 kb gene with three exons encodes a composite...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Arginine Vasopressin
- Base Sequence
- Diabetes Insipidus
- Exons
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Male
