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Nearby stop codons in exons of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene are disparate splice effectors.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 1998
Hoffmeyer S, Nürnberg P, Ritter H, Fahsold R, Leistner W, Kaufmann D, Krone W
Abstract excerpt
Stop mutations are known to disrupt gene function in different ways. They both give rise to truncated polypeptides because of the premature-termination codons (PTCs) and frequently affect the metabolism of the corresponding mRNAs. The analysis of neurofibromin transcripts from different neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) patients revealed the skipping of exons containing PTCs. The phenomenon of exon skipping induced...
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