Article
The facile detection of the nt 1226 mutation of glucocerebrosidase by 'mismatched' PCR.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 24 Dec 1990
Beutler E, Gelbart T, West C
Abstract excerpt
The most common Gaucher disease-producing mutation among Ashkenazi Jews is an A----G substitution at cDNA nt 1226 (genomic nt 5841). We describe a simple method for detecting this mutation both in genomic DNA and in cDNA by performing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using a 5'-primer mismatched at one nucleotide so as to create an Xho I restriction site. When the mutation is present. the 105 bp fragment formed is...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific
- Gaucher Disease
- Glucosylceramidase
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
