GAUCHER DISEASE TYPE-III (NORRBOTTNIAN TYPE) IS CAUSED BY A SINGLE MUTATION IN EXON-10 OF THE GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE GENE
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 47 (2) , 275-278
Abstract
Three major forms (types I-III) of Gaucher disease (GD) have been identified. The largest group of patients with type III GD has been reported from the province of Norrbotten in Sweden. In the present study the genomes from two GD patients of Norrbottnian origin were examined for abnormalities in the glucocerebrosidase gene. In both individuals, a single nucleotide substitution was found in exon 10. This mutation, which results in the substitution of proline for leucine, is identical to the NciI mutation described by Tsuji and co-workers in GD patients of other ethnic origins. Nine additional patients with Norrbottnian GD were shown to be homozygous for the same mutation by restriction-enzyme digestion of DNA amplified by PCR.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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