Article
Identification of a new WT1 mutation in a sporadic Wilms' tumour.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 14 Aug 1998
Santos A C, Boavida M G, Costa A, Osorio-Almeida L
Abstract excerpt
A new mutation in WT1 is described in a sporadic unilateral Wilms' tumour consisting of a 17 bp duplication in exon 7 generating a stop codon. The second allele is either partially deleted or presents the same alteration. LOH analysis at 11p15.5 and at the 16q13-16q24.3 regions indicated retentio...
Topics
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Genes, Wilms Tumor
- Humans
- Loss of Heterozygosity
- Male
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Wilms Tumor
