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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
We have verified, by full open reading frame sequencing, the presence of an amino-acid-altering mutation in codon 102 of the scrapie amyloid protein gene in three affected members of a large and well-documented German family with experimentally transmitted Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome. In addition, we identified the mutation by partial sequencing or DNA restriction enzyme analysis in three of 12 presently healthy family members with an affected parent, and none of 12 members without an affected parent. Thus, a total of six of 15 family members at risk for the disease (including the three established cases) had the same codon 102 mutation, a proportion consistent with the autosomal dominant inheritance pattern of disease expression. It is undetermined whether the mutation influences susceptibility to infection by an exogenous agent or is itself a proximate cause of disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0028-3878
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
375-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical and molecular genetic study of a large German kindred with Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of CNS Studies, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports