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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
The fragile X syndrome is an X-linked disorder which has been shown to be associated with the length variation of a DNA fragment containing a CGG trinucleotide repeat element at or close to the fragile site. Phenotypically normal carriers of the disorder generally have a smaller length variation than affected individuals. We have cloned the region in cosmids and defined the area containing the amplified sequence. We have used probes from the region to analyse the mutation in families. We show that the mutation evolves in different ways in different individuals of the same family. In addition we show that not all fragile X positive individuals show this amplification of DNA sequence even though they show expression of the fragile site at levels greater than 25%. One patient has alterations in the region adjacent to the CGG repeat elements. Three patients in fragile X families have the normal fragment with amplification in a small population of their cells. These observations indicate that there is molecular heterogeneity in the fragile X syndrome and that the DNA fragment length variation is not the only sequence responsible for the expression of the fragile site or the disease phenotype.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0305-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
4355-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular heterogeneity of the fragile X syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't