1990-08-01
Distribution and characterization of a Sandhoff disease-associated 50-kb deletion in the gene encoding the human β-hexosaminidase β-chain
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Human Genetics , Volume 85 - Issue 3 p. 327- 329
A 50-kb deletion was demonstrated in the gene encoding for the β-subunit of human hexosaminidase (HEXB), using field inversion gel electrophoresis (FIGE) of SfiI-digested chromosomal DNA from patients with Sandhoff disease. We investigated 14 patients from different parts of Europe and found no deletion in 5 patients, 2 patients homozygous for the deletion, and 7 patients with the deletion in one allele. The distribution of the 50-kb deletion was approximately in agreement with the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The deletion was characterized using chromosomal DNA from one of the two homozygous patients. Restriction fragments were hybridized with a 1.6-kb (almost complete) and a 0.4-kb (5′) HEXB cDNA clone. It appeared that the deletion started in intron 5, extending in the 5′ direction and causing the loss of exon 1-5 and the promoter area of the HEXB gene.
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| doi.org/10.1007/BF00206756, hdl.handle.net/1765/55708 | |
| Human Genetics | |
| Organisation | Department of Clinical Genetics |
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Bikker, H., van den Berg, F., Wolterman, R., Kleijer, W., de Vijlder, J., & Bolhuis, P. (1990). Distribution and characterization of a Sandhoff disease-associated 50-kb deletion in the gene encoding the human β-hexosaminidase β-chain. Human Genetics, 85(3), 327–329. doi:10.1007/BF00206756 |
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