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SUBMITTER: Huang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4452087 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang Xiangjun X Deng Xiong X Xu Hongbo H Wu Song S Yuan Lamei L Yang Zhijian Z Yang Yan Y Deng Hao H
PloS one 20150601 6
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SEDC) is an autosomal dominant chondrodysplasia characterized by disproportionate short-trunk dwarfism, skeletal and vertebral deformities. Exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing were performed in a Chinese Han family with typical SEDC, and a novel mutation, c.620G>A (p.Gly207Glu), in the collagen type II alpha-1 gene (COL2A1) was identified. The mutation may impair protein stability, and lead to dysfunction of type II collagen. Family-based study suggeste ...[more]