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A mutation in the neurofibromatosis type 2 tumor-suppressor gene, giving rise to widely different clinical phenotypes in two unrelated individuals.

Bourn, D; Carter, S A; Evans, D G; Goodship, J; Coakham, H; Strachan, T

American journal of human genetics. 1994;55(1):69-73.

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Abstract

We have sought mutations in the recently identified neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) tumor-suppressor gene in a large panel of NF2 patients, using PCR-based SSCP and heteroduplex analysis, followed by cloning and sequencing of appropriate PCR products. Two unrelated NF2 patients were found to have identical nonsense mutations caused by a C-to-T transition in a CpG dinucleotide that is a potential mutational hot spot in the NF2 tumor-suppressor gene. Unexpectedly, the two individuals had widely different clinical phenotypes, representing the severe Wishart and mild Gardner clinical subtypes. Analysis of DNA samples from different tissues of the mildly affected patient suggests that he is a somatic mosaic for the mutation.

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55
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69-73
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8023853
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Manchester eScholar ID:
uk-ac-man-scw:210795
Created by:
Evans, Gareth
Created:
12th October, 2013, 14:15:27
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Evans, Gareth
Last modified:
12th October, 2013, 14:15:27

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