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Identification of the COL2A1 mutation in patients with type I Stickler syndrome using RNA from freshly isolated peripheral white blood cells.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Apr 2011
Yaguchi Hiromoto, Ikeda Takayuki, Osada Hiromi, Yoshitake Yoshino, Sasaki Hiroshi, Yonekura Hideto
Abstract excerpt
Stickler syndrome type I is caused by mutations in the type II collagen gene (COL2A1), which is specifically expressed in cartilage and vitreous humor. We developed a simple and noninvasive strategy for identifying the COL2A1 mutation using RNA from freshly isolated peripheral white blood cells and identified a new 3' splice site mutation in a Japanese family with Stickler syndrome. RNA was isolated from a...
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