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Major COL4A5 gene rearrangements in patients with juvenile type Alport syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics - 20 Nov 1995
Renieri A, Galli L, Grillo A, Bruttini M, Neri T, Zanelli P, Rizzoni G, Massella L, Sessa A, Meroni M, Peratoner L, Riegler P, Scolari F, Mileti M, Giani M, Cossu M, Savi M, Ballabio A, De Marchi M
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the COL4A5 gene, which encodes the a5 chain of type IV collagen, are found in a large fraction of patients with X-linked Alport syndrome. The recently discovered COL4A6, tightly linked and highly homologous to COL4A5, represents a second candidate gene for Alport syndrome. We analyzed 177 Italian Alport syndrome families by Southern blotting using cDNA probes from both COL4A5 and COL4A6. Nine...
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