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A nonsense mutation of CRYGC associated with autosomal dominant congenital nuclear cataracts and microcornea in a Chinese pedigree.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2012
Guo Yuanyuan, Su Dongmei, Li Qian, Yang Zhenfei, Ma Zicheng, Ma Xu, Zhu Siquan
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PURPOSE: To report the identification of a nonsense mutation in γC-crystallin (CRYGC) associated with autosomal dominant congenital nuclear cataracts and microcornea in a Chinese family. METHODS: We investigated four generations of a Chinese family six of whose members were affected by nuclear cataracts and microcornea. The genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes. All reported nuclear...
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