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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-12-9
pubmed:abstractText
Williams syndrome (WS) is a developmental disorder affecting connective tissue and the central nervous system. A common feature of WS, supravalvular aortic stenosis, is also a distinct autosomal dominant disorder caused by mutations in the elastin gene. In this study, we identified hemizygosity at the elastin locus using genetic analyses in four familial and five sporadic cases of WS. Fluorescent in situ hybridization and quantitative Southern analyses confirmed these findings, demonstrating inherited and de novo deletions of the elastin gene. These data indicate that deletions involving one elastin allele cause WS and implicate elastin hemizygosity in the pathogenesis of the disease.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1061-4036
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Aortic Valve Stenosis, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Child, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Connective Tissue Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Developmental Disabilities, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Elastin, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Intellectual Disability, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:7693128-Syndrome
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Hemizygosity at the elastin locus in a developmental disorder, Williams syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't