A novel nonsense mutation, S434X,
A novel missense mutation in exon 16 of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene identified in CBAVD patients
β Scribed by Thierry Bienvenu; Dominique Hubert; Eric Setbon; Daniel Dusser; Jean-Claude Kaplan; Cherif Beldjord
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 106 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1059-7794
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β¦ Synopsis
MUTATION NOTES
nucleotides downstream the original splice site in intron 3. Assuming that this would be used in the patient as donor splice site, the inclusion of 4 intronic nucleotides, frameshift, and thereby an immediate termination of translation would occur, most likely resulting in a null allele.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
The mutation described here has been detected in the DNA of a female cystic fibrosis (CF) patient born in May 1963. CF has been diagnosed only at the age of 30 years and has been confirmed by three positive sweat tests. She does not require supplementation with pancreatic enzymes and her pulmonary f