Article
Tandem duplication within a type II collagen gene (COL2A1) exon in an individual with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 May 1990
Tiller G E, Rimoin D L, Murray L W, Cohn D H
Abstract excerpt
We have characterized a mutation in the type II collagen gene (COL2A1) that produces a form of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia. The mutation is an internal tandem duplication of 45 base pairs within exon 48 and results in the addition of 15 amino acids to the triple-helical domain of the alpha 1 chains of type II collagen derived from the abnormal allele. Although the repeating (Gly-Xaa-Yaa)n motif that...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Child
- Cloning, Molecular
- Collagen
- DNA
- Exons
- Female
- Genes
- Humans
- Male
