Identification of a nonsense mutation in
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Michael J. Aldred; Peter J. M. Crawford; Enriqueta Roberts; Nicholas S. T. Thoma
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Article
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1992
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Springer
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English
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A family with X-linked amelogenesis imperfecta (XAI) is described in which the disease is associated with a nonsense mutation in exon 5 of the amelogenin gene. This mutation involves a single base deletion (CCCC-->CCC) in the exon in an affected male, his sister and his mother. The effect of this de