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Mutation analysis of the TSC2 gene in an African-American family

A Kumar et al. Hum Mol Genet. 1995 Dec.

Abstract

Tuberous sclerosis complex is an autosomal dominant disorder with loci on chromosome 9q34 (TSC1) and chromosome 16p13.3 (TSC2). The TSC2 gene has been isolated. To date, only a small number of intragenic deletional and point mutations have been detected, almost exclusively in sporadic (no family history) cases. With the exception of a single parent/offspring pair, there have been no published reports of mutations in extended multigenerational chromosome 16-linked TSC2 families. For our TSC studies we ascertained and sampled a four-generation African-American TSC family that shows a high likelihood for linkage to chromosome 16 (z=1.53). Using single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis we identified a 4590/4591delC mutation in exon 34. The 4590/4591delC causes a frameshift mutation resulting in the creation of a premature stop codon. In addition, we have detected a 542del4 polymorphism in the two partially overlapping polyadenylation signals in exon 40 that segregates in the family. The polymorphism has been detected in six of 72 African-American control chromosomes examined, and has not been detected in 80 Caucasian control chromosomes examined.

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Mutation analysis of the TSC2 gene in an African-American family - PubMed (original) (raw)