Article
Nonsense mutation R1162X of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene does not reduce messenger RNA expression in nasal epithelial tissue.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Dec 1993
Rolfini R, Cabrini G
Abstract excerpt
Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients bearing the premature translation termination mutation (nonsense mutation) W1282X present severe pulmonary and pancreatic disease, whereas patients carrying other nonsense mutations such as G542X, R553X, S1255X, R1162X, and W1316X show a severe pancreatic but mild pulmonary illness. CF gene expression was found absent in respiratory tissues with mutations R553X and W1316X, which led...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Colonic Neoplasms
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Complementary
- Epithelium
- Female
- Gene Expression
