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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
We describe multiple alternative transcripts of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase mRNA in normal individuals and patients with familial porphyria cutanea tarda. mRNA was reverse-transcribed, subjected to the polymerase chain reaction, and analyzed for nucleotide sequence. Seven different transcripts were characterized, and a cryptic splice acceptor site was identified in intron 1. In all mRNAs the exons abutted at previously defined exon boundaries. Characterization of the splice junctions in the genomic DNA showed that splice donor and acceptor sequences complied with the consensus sequences for these sites except for the splice acceptor sequences of exons 3 and 10. THese deviations were present in two normal individuals and one patient with familial porphyria cutanea tarda and were thus unable to explain the multiple aberrant uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase transcripts. We conclude that apparent deletions observed in transcripts derived from the uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase gene in patients with familial porphyria cutanea tarda should be interpreted with caution.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0009-9147
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1884-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Complex pattern of alternative splicing in the normal uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase gene: implications for diagnosis of familial porphyria cutanea tarda.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't