DNA analysis for ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
- Vol. 9 (S1) , 49-57
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01800858
Abstract
We have utilized the Southern blotting technique to analyse genomic DNA from males with ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency and their families. Using a nearly full-length human cDNA probe, we have identified 3 patients with deletions at this locus and have characterized 4 different restriction fragment length polymorphisms that can be used as linkage markers for the OTC mutation. These polymorphisms occur at sufficiently high frequencies so as to enable us to distinguish the two X-chromosomes in approximately 80% of OTC carriers. As a direct consequence of these findings, prenatal diagnosis and carrier assessment can be offered to a large fraction of families at risk for OTC deficiency.Keywords
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