Article
Deletion analysis of the simple tandem repeat loci physically linked to the spinal muscular atrophy locus.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1996
Capon F, Levato C, Bussaglia E, Lo Cicero S, Tizzano E F, Baiget M, Silani V, Pizzuti A, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B
Abstract excerpt
Multicopy dinucleotide repeats have been characterized in the spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) region on chromosome 5q13, which reveal deletions in some SMA patients. 119 Italian and Spanish SMA families have been analysed using the C272 and C212 markers. Seventy percent of these families were informative. We found 9.4% de novo deletions in SMA I and 1.5% in SMA II families. A single inherited deletion segregating...
Topics
- Alleles
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Dosage
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
