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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-6-10
pubmed:abstractText
Butterfly-shaped pigment dystrophy of the fovea is an autosomal dominant eye disease characterized by a bilateral accumulation of yellowish or pigmented material at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium. It shares some clinical and histopathologic features with age related macular degeneration which is the most common cause of legal blindness in older patients. We screened affected patients from a three generation family with butterfly dystrophy for mutations in candidate genes. A base substitution was identified in the peripherin (RDS) gene and DNA sequencing revealed a G to A transition in codon 167 that substitutes aspartic acid for a highly conserved glycine. The mutation segregates with the disease phenotype (Zmax = 4, theta = 0) strongly suggesting that it causes the macular disease in this family.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1061-4036
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:geneSymbol
rds
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
202-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Codon, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Eye Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Fluorescein Angiography, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Genes, Dominant, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Genetic Linkage, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Intermediate Filament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Neuropeptides, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:8485574-Retinal Degeneration
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Butterfly-shaped pigment dystrophy of the fovea caused by a point mutation in codon 167 of the RDS gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't