Article
Ocular findings associated with a rhodopsin gene codon 58 transversion mutation in autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Oct 1991
Fishman G A, Stone E M, Gilbert L D, Kenna P, Sheffield V C
Abstract excerpt
Eight members of a family with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa were found to have a cytosine-to-guanine (C-to-G) transversion mutation in the second nucleotide of codon 58 of the rhodopsin gene, causing a substitution of the amino acid arginine for threonine. Five of these individuals were examined clinically. There was a distinct phenotypic expression of the gene defect within this family that included a...
Topics
- Adult
- Arginine
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Disorders
- Codon
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Electroretinography
- Female
- Fundus Oculi
