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Molecular etiology of low-penetrance retinoblastoma in two pedigrees.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jun 1993
Dryja T P, Rapaport J, McGee T L, Nork T M, Schwartz T L
Abstract excerpt
In one family with low-penetrance retinoblastoma, a germ-line deletion is shared by affected and unaffected, obligate carriers. The deletion encompasses exon 4 of the retinoblastoma gene and corresponds to a mutant protein without residues 127-166. In a second family, RFLP analysis shows that two distant relatives have independently derived mutations. These families, together with others reported elsewhere,...
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