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SUBMITTER: Guo L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5628180 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Guo Long L Elcioglu Nursel H NH Wang Zheng Z Demirkol Yasemin K YK Isguven Pinar P Matsumoto Naomichi N Nishimura Gen G Miyake Noriko N Ikegawa Shiro S
Human genome variation 20171005
Marshall-Stickler syndrome represents a spectrum of inherited connective tissue disorders affecting the ocular, auditory, and skeletal systems. The syndrome is caused by mutations in the <i>COL2A1</i>, <i>COL11A1</i>, <i>COL11A2</i>, <i>COL9A1</i>, and <i>COL9A2</i> genes. In this study, we examined four Turkish families with Marshall-Stickler syndrome using whole-exome sequencing and identified one <i>COL2A1</i> mutation and three <i>COL11A1</i> mutations. Two of the <i>COL11A1</i> mutations we ...[more]