In order to obtain novel mutations in the recently discovered Wilson disease gene, we screened 5 unrelated German individuals for mutations in the 21 exons and their flanking intronic sequences. We detected 9 mutations affecting the Wilson disease gene. Four of those, designated 802-808delTGTAAGT, 2
Mutation analysis in 20 patients with Hunter disease
β Scribed by Sandra Leistner Goldenfum; Elisabeth Young; Helen Michelakakis; S. Tsagarakis; Bryan Winchester
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 244 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1059-7794
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β¦ Synopsis
Hunter disease (mucopolysaccharidosis type I1 or MPS 11) is an X-linked recessive lysosomal storage disease resulting from a deficiency of L-iduronate 2-sulfate-sulfatase (IDS) (EC 3.1.6.13), which is involved in the catabolism of glycosaminoglycans (GAGS) . Excessive accumulation in the tissues and excretion in the urine of dermatan and heparan sulphates ensues this enzymic defect and leads to the development of the characteristic phenotype of coarse facial features, skeletal abnormalities, hepatosplenomegaly, deafness, mental retardation, and often heart disease (Neufeld and Muenzer, 1989). Mild and se-
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Wilson disease is an autosomal recessive disorder of copper transport resulting from the defective function of a copper transporting P-type ATPasi (ATP7B). We have carried out mutational analysis in 295 patients of Mediterranean origin with Wilson Disease, including 85 Sardinians, 120 Continental It