Article
Novel mutations in the XLRS1 gene may be caused by early Okazaki fragment sequence replacement.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Aug 1998
Rodriguez I R, Mazuruk K, Jaworski C, Iwata F, Moreira E F, Kaiser-Kupfer M I
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To determine whether two families diagnosed with X-linked retinoschisis contained mutations in the XLRS1 gene. METHODS: DNA from the patients was obtained from blood lymphocytes using commercially available kits. Single-strand conformation assay was performed in an electrophoresis appara...
Topics
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Child
- DNA
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Exons
- Eye Proteins
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Pedigree
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
