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A novel SVA retrotransposon insertion in the CHM gene results in loss of REP-1 causing choroideremia.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Aug 2020
Jones Kaylie D, Radziwon Alina, Birch David G, MacDonald Ian M
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BACKGROUND: Choroideremia is an X-linked retinal disease characterized by progressive atrophy of the choroid and retinal pigment epithelium caused by mutations in the CHM gene. SVA (SINE-R/VNTR/Alu) elements are a type of non-autonomous retrotransposon that occasionally self-replicate, reinsert randomly into a gene, and cause disease. Intragenic SVA insertions have been reported as the mechanism underlying a...
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