ISSN:
1432-1203
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Stargardt's disease is an autosomal recessive infantile macular degeneration of unknown origin whose gene has been recently mapped to chromosome 1p21-p13 by linkage analysis in eight multiplex families. Since the cone-specific α-subunit of the transducin gene (GNAT2) has been mapped to chromosome 1p13, we tested GNAT2 as the disease-causing gene in our series. Using a novel intragenic polymorphism, we show here that GNAT2 is most probably located centromeric to the genetic interval encompassing the disease gene (D1S424-D1S236, location score = 3.54). In addition, single-strand conformation polymorphism and sequence analyses of the eight exons of the GNAT2 gene was performed in our probands. No evidence of a deleterious base substitution was observed in any affected individual. Taken together, these results support the exclusion of GNAT2 as the causal disease gene of Stargardt's disease.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00208959
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