Article
Splicing mutations in the COL4A5 gene in Alport's syndrome: different mRNA expression between leukocytes and fibroblasts.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Nov 1995
Nakazato H, Hattori S, Ushijima T, Matsuura T, Karashima S, Uemura T, Endo F, Matsuda I
Abstract excerpt
The COL4A5 gene from 40 patients with Alport's syndrome was examined using single-strand conformation substitution at the acceptor site (-2) of intron 50 and a G-to-C substitution at the donor site (+1) of intron 47, respectively. The transcript in peripheral leukocytes from the former had a 10-nucleotide deletion. This shortened transcript was derived from abnormal splicing in a cryptic acceptor site within exon...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Exons
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Nephritis, Hereditary
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
