Article
A splicing mutation in the alpha 5(IV) collagen gene of a family with Alport's syndrome.
Kidney international - 1 May 1993
Nomura S, Osawa G, Sai T, Harano T, Harano K
Abstract excerpt
DNA sequence analysis of the alpha 5(IV) collagen chain gene (COL4A5) was carried out between exon 47 and 51, which encode the noncollagenous (NC) domain, in eight Japanese families with Alport's syndrome. In one family with X-linked inheritance of the disease, a point mutation (G to C) was found...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- Basement Membrane
- Collagen
- DNA
- DNA, Recombinant
- Exons
- Female
- Genes
- Humans
- Kidney Glomerulus
- Male
