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SUBMITTER: Santos M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3850630 | biostudies-other | 2008
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Santos Mónica M Yan Jin J Temudo Teresa T Oliveira Guiomar G Vieira José Pedro JP Fen Jinong J Sommer Steve S Maciel Patrícia P
Disease markers 20080101 6
In this work we explored the role of the 3'UTR of the MECP2 gene in patients with clinical diagnosis of RTT and mental retardation; focusing on regions of the 3'UTR with almost 100% conservation at the nucleotide level among mouse and human. By mutation scanning (DOVAM-S technique) the MECP2 3'UTR of a total of 66 affected females were studied. Five 3'UTR variants in the MECP2 were found (c.1461+9G>A, c.1461+98insA, c.2595G>A, c.9961C>G and c.9964delC) in our group of patients. None of the varia ...[more]