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Melchionda S, Digilio MC, Mingarelli R, Novelli G, Scambler P, Marino B, Dallapiccola B. Transposition of the great arteries associated with deletion of chromosome 22q11. Am J Cardiol 1995; 75:95-8. [PMID: 7801879 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)80541-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Capon F, Lo Cicero S, Levato C, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B. De novo deletions of the 5q13 region and prenatal diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy. Prenat Diagn 1995; 15:93-4. [PMID: 7740007 DOI: 10.1002/pd.1970150121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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High resolution chromosome analysis, molecular cytogenetics, and study of the association between specific chromosome rearrangements and single gene disorders have provided a chromosomal basis to a number of mendelian diseases. Deletions and duplications of small regions, usually less than 3 Mb in size, result in an alteration of normal gene dosage of a number of unrelated genes physically close to each other and are responsible for contiguous gene syndromes. For example, haploinsufficiency is implicated for del 8q24.1 in Langer-Giedion syndrome, del 17p13.3 in Miller-Dieker syndrome, and del 22q11.2 in DiGeorge and Velo-cardiofacial syndromes. Another chromosomal mechanism causing mendelian phenotypes is translocation, which may eventually interrupt a disease gene. It is assumed that translocation breakpoints are running through a relevant gene, hindering the production of the gene product. An example is breakage 16p13.3 associated with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. Females with X/autosome translocations have an almost exclusive inactivation of the normal X. Interruption of a disease gene in the translocated X causes the expression of a mendelian phenotype in the presence of an allelic recessive mutation onto the nonrearranged X. Finally, if a human gene shows exclusive expression from a single parental homologue, ie, it is imprinted, deletion of the chromosomal segment containing the active allele results in structural monosomy and functional nullisomy. This situation is illustrated by Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes. Over seventy human genes have been precisely assigned to chromosomal regions using a cytogenetic approach. Chromosome techniques combined with molecular methods have proved to have powerful and sensitive diagnostic capabilities.
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Romanini C, Sesti F, De Santis L, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B. Correlation between human papillomavirus type and progressive potential of low grade squamous intra-epithelial dysplastic lesions of the cervix (CIN I). J OBSTET GYNAECOL 1995. [DOI: 10.3109/01443619509030933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Gennarelli M, Novelli G, Digilio MC, Giannotti A, Marino B, Dallapiccola B. Exclusion of linkage with chromosome 21 in families with recurrence of non-Down's atrioventricular canal. Hum Genet 1994; 94:708-10. [PMID: 7989049 DOI: 10.1007/bf00206969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Sangiuolo F, De Santis L, Cavicchini A, Angeloni U, Romanini C, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B. A new method for direct analysis of polymerase chain reaction-amplified human papillomavirus using DNA enzyme immunoassay. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL & LABORATORY RESEARCH 1994; 24:223-6. [PMID: 7894049 DOI: 10.1007/bf02592468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We describe use of a polymerase chain reaction in conjunction with a DNA enzyme immunoassay for the simultaneous detection of multiple types of human papillomavirus in a single microtiter plate. The method is specific, sensitive, rapid, and capable of detecting human papillomavirus-6, -11, -16, -18, and -33 in cervical biopsy specimens.
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Gennarelli M, Dallapiccola B, Baiget M, Martorell L, Novelli G. Meiotic drive at the myotonic dystrophy locus. J Med Genet 1994; 31:980. [PMID: 7891386 PMCID: PMC1016706 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.31.12.980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Mercier B, Lissens W, Novelli G, Kalaydjieva L, de Arce M, Kapranov N, Canki Klain N, Estivill X, Palacio A, Cashman S. A cluster of cystic fibrosis mutations in exon 17b of the CFTR gene: a site for rare mutations. J Med Genet 1994; 31:731-4. [PMID: 7529319 PMCID: PMC1050087 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.31.9.731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Intensive screening has improved our understanding of the profile of mutations in the CFTR gene in which more than 400 mutations have been detected to date. In collaboration with several European laboratories we are involved in such analysis. We have identified 14 new mutations in exon 17b of CFTR, having analysed 780 CF chromosomes, and have compared the frequency of mutations in this exon with that of other regions of the CFTR gene. The results obtained indicate an accumulation of mutations, not only in regions encoding the two nucleotide binding folds, but also in those encoding transmembrane domains of the CFTR gene, in particular exon 17b.
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Lo Cicero S, Capon F, Melchionda S, Gennarelli M, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B. First-trimester prenatal diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy using microsatellite markers. Prenat Diagn 1994; 14:459-62. [PMID: 7937582 DOI: 10.1002/pd.1970140608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Twenty-five pregnancies at risk for spinal muscular atrophy I (SMA I) have been monitored by first-trimester prenatal diagnosis. Microsatellite markers were used in all cases to amplify polymorphic regions at the D5S125, D5S435, D5S39, D5S127, and D5S112 loci. All families, including 12 SMA I pedigrees with a decreased index child, were fully informative for DNA analysis. Three fetuses were predicted to be affected and 22 fetuses were predicted to be unaffected. Twenty-two newborns were unaffected by clinical examination at birth. These results support the accuracy of SMA I prenatal diagnosis based on linkage analysis.
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Mastrogiacomo I, Pagani E, Novelli G, Angelini C, Gennarelli M, Menegazzo E, Bonanni G, Dallapiccola B. Male hypogonadism in myotonic dystrophy is related to (CTG)n triplet mutation. J Endocrinol Invest 1994; 17:381-3. [PMID: 8077624 DOI: 10.1007/bf03349005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The Authors considered the relationship between hypogonadism in myotonic dystrophy (MD) and MT-PK gene mutation. Twenty-seven subjects were studied, and the (CTG)n amplification varied from 70 to 1520 (mean 661 +/- 463). Hypergonadotropic-hypogonadism with LH levels of 6.94 +/- 3.87 and FSH 14.54 +/- 9.58 IU/L was present; testosterone still showed normal values (505.7 +/- 376.2 ng/dl), but 44.4% of patients had abnormal serum level less than 250 ng/dl. We found a significant correlation (p < 0.001) between CTG repeat size and levels of both LH and FSH: these findings suggest that the severity of hypogonadism is related to MT-PK gene mutation.
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Iampieri MP, Mingarelli R, Le Guern E, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B. Prenatal diagnosis of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in five pregnancies at risk. Prenat Diagn 1994; 14:285-9. [PMID: 8066038 DOI: 10.1002/pd.1970140408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Five pregnancies at risk for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (RP) have been monitored by first-trimester prenatal diagnosis using DNA markers flanking the RP2 and RP3 loci. Three affected and two unaffected fetuses, including a female carrying a wild-type genotype, were predicted on the basis of marker segregation and estimation of the recombination fraction.
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Dallapiccola B, Mingarelli R, Digilio MC, Marino B, Novelli G. [Genetics of congenital heart diseases]. GIORNALE ITALIANO DI CARDIOLOGIA 1994; 24:155-66. [PMID: 8013769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Novelli G, Sangiuolo F, Maceratesi P, Dallapiccola B. The up-to-date molecular genetics of cystic fibrosis. Biomed Pharmacother 1994; 48:455-63. [PMID: 7532022 DOI: 10.1016/0753-3322(94)90006-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Novelli G, Spedini G, Destro-Bisol G, Gennarelli M, Fattorini C, Dallapiccola B. North Eurasian origin of the myotonic dystrophy mutation. Hum Mutat 1994; 4:79-81. [PMID: 7951264 DOI: 10.1002/humu.1380040115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Capon F, Cicero SL, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B. PCR protocol for DNA recovery from Spurr's-embedded muscle biopsies. PCR METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 1993; 3:211-2. [PMID: 8118405 DOI: 10.1101/gr.3.3.211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Pizzuti A, Gennarelli M, Novelli G, Colosimo A, Lo Cicero S, Caskey CT, Dallapiccola B. Human elongation factor EF-1 beta: cloning and characterization of the EF1 beta 5a gene and assignment of EF-1 beta isoforms to chromosomes 2,5,15 and X. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1993; 197:154-62. [PMID: 8250921 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1993.2454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We report here the isolation and characterization of a novel human elongation factor-1 beta (EF-1 beta) gene by cDNA selection from YAC mapping on chromosome 5q12-q14. This gene is specifically transcribed in fetal brain and in skeletal muscle and is characterized by a complete sequence homology with previously described EF-1 beta cDNAs. We also assigned the loci for three other EF-1 beta isoforms, to human chromosomes 2, 15 and X. The multiple chromosomal assignments of EF-1 beta loci demonstrates the genetic heterogeneity of human EF-1 beta peptides.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Brain/embryology
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast
- Chromosomes, Human
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Muscles/embryology
- Peptide Elongation Factor 1
- Peptide Elongation Factors/genetics
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Tissue Distribution
- Transcription, Genetic
- X Chromosome
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Dallapiccola B, Mandich P, Bellone E, Selicorni A, Mokin V, Ajmar F, Novelli G. Parental origin of chromosome 4p deletion in Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1993; 47:921-4. [PMID: 7904122 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320470622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We report on molecular studies in 7 patients with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHC) not showing an obvious chromosome 4p deletion. Analysis of a set of polymorphic probes mapping in the 4p16.3 region showed the absence of paternal haplotypes in 5 cases, and maternal haplotypes in 2. These observations corroborate evidence for preferential paternal origin of the de novo 4p chromosome deletion. The overall results of molecular studies suggest that the preponderance of paternally derived WHC could be due, rather than to imprinting of this region, to an excess of structural rearrangements in the male meiosis, related to differences between the mechanisms of sperm and egg production.
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Audrézet MP, Novelli G, Mercier B, Sangiuolo F, Maceratesi P, Férec C, Dallapiccola B. Identification of three novel cystic fibrosis mutations in a sample of Italian cystic fibrosis patients. Hum Hered 1993; 43:295-300. [PMID: 8406518 DOI: 10.1159/000154147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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An analysis of 274 non-delta F508 Italian cystic fibrosis chromosomes was carried out to determine their molecular defect. In a first step, the delta F508 and 59 other mutations were detected by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, restriction digestion, and the amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS) technique. The molecular defects of the other chromosomes were screened for by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of exons 3, 4, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14a, 17b, 19 and 20. Direct sequencing was carried out if necessary. This approach allowed us to identify 3 novel mutations, namely M348K, D614G and F693L.
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Novelli G, Gennarelli M, Sangiuolo F, D'Agruma L, Lo Cicero S, Melchionda S, Dallapiccola B. Isolation and cloning by a polymerase chain reaction of a genomic DNA fragment of the human slow skeletal troponin (TNNT1) gene. Cell Biochem Funct 1993; 11:187-91. [PMID: 8403232 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.290110306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The genomic 3' structure of the gene coding for the human slow skeletal troponin T (TNNT1) gene, is reported. An intron of 912 nucleotides containing an Alu-element has been identified and characterized. The complexity of the sequenced region suggests an alternative exon use. The present results may be valuable for further studies on the gene structure of TNNT1 and the related troponin gene family.
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Novelli G, Gennarelli M, Menegazzo E, Mostacciuolo ML, Pizzuti A, Fattorini C, Tessarolo D, Tomelleri G, Giacanelli M, Danieli GA. (CTG)n triplet mutation and phenotype manifestations in myotonic dystrophy patients. BIOCHEMICAL MEDICINE AND METABOLIC BIOLOGY 1993; 50:85-92. [PMID: 8373638 DOI: 10.1006/bmmb.1993.1049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A genotype-phenotype study based on the primary clinical features of adult myotonic dystrophy (DM) included 116 patients from 62 Italian pedigrees. A significant correlation between clinical severity and the number of repeats at the 3' untranslated region of the myotonin-protein kinase gene (MT-PK) was found. These results suggest that the CTG amplification is directly related to the myotonic dystrophy phenotype and provide important information on morbidity and prognosis in this disease.
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Capon F, Melchionda S, Gennarelli M, Lo Cicero S, Giacanelli M, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B. A tool for the molecular analysis of an early lethal disease: slide-PCR in spinal muscular atrophy patients. Mol Cell Probes 1993; 7:221-6. [PMID: 8366867 DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1993.1032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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DNA was recovered from sections of muscle biopsies of 20 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients fixed on microscopic slides and stored from one to 20 years at room temperature. Microsatellite DNA markers tightly linked to the SMA locus were amplified using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to obtain specific amplified products. The procedure was successful in all cases, and allowed prenatal diagnosis in one at-risk pregnancy. In our hands this procedure is quick, sensitive and reproducible.
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Del Principe D, Iampieri MP, Germani D, Menichelli A, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B. Detection by capillary electrophoresis of restriction fragment length polymorphism. Analysis of a polymerase chain reaction-amplified product of the DXS 164 locus in the dystrophin gene. J Chromatogr A 1993; 638:277-81. [PMID: 8101188 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9673(93)83439-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Capillary electrophoresis (CE) was used to characterize restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified product of a 740-base pairs DNA fragment from the DXS 164 locus of the dystrophin gene. The polymorphic alleles of 740 and 520/220 base pairs revealed by XmnI digestion were analysed from homozygous and heterozygous individuals by CE. Our studies show that extraction in phenol-chloroform may be useful in PCR-amplified product purification. Excellent separation was obtained in a short time. The data indicate that CE is suitable for genomic analysis such as carrier detection and prenatal diagnosis of X-linked recessive disorders after purification of PCR-amplified products.
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Mercier B, Lissens W, Novelli G, Kalaydjieva L, De Arce M, Kapranov N, Klain NC, Lenoir G, Chauveau P, Lenaerts C. Identification of eight novel mutations in a collaborative analysis of a part of the second transmembrane domain of the CFTR gene. Genomics 1993; 16:296-7. [PMID: 7683628 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1993.1183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Pasetto N, Sesti F, De Santis L, Piccione E, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B. The prevalence of HPV16 DNA in normal and pathological cervical scrapes using the polymerase chain reaction. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(93)90177-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Reichardt JK, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B. Molecular characterization of the H319Q galactosemia mutation. Hum Mol Genet 1993; 2:325-6. [PMID: 8499924 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/2.3.325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Novelli G, Gennarelli M, Zelano G, Pizzuti A, Fattorini C, Caskey CT, Dallapiccola B. Failure in detecting mRNA transcripts from the mutated allele in myotonic dystrophy muscle. BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 1993; 29:291-7. [PMID: 8495213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The expression of myotonin-protein kinase (MT-PK) gene was studied in myotonic dystrophy (DM) muscle and normal controls using a polymerase chain reaction protocol to analyse the 3' intragenic p(CTG) polymorphism. Unaffected individuals show bi-allelic expression, while the sole wild-type allele was transcribed in DM muscle. Our findings support a gene dosage effect in the pathogenesis of the disease.
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D'Agruma L, Colosimo A, Angeloni U, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B. Plasmid DNA and low-frequency electromagnetic fields. Biomed Pharmacother 1993; 47:101-5. [PMID: 8218948 DOI: 10.1016/0753-3322(93)90298-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Physico-chemical and biological properties were studied in recombinant plasmids exposed to electric and magnetic fields (EMFs). The absence of slow-migrating DNA species and failure to identify induced DNA conformers, suggests that EMFs do not have any obvious genotoxic effect in any of the experimentally tested conditions.
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Novelli G, Gennarelli M, Fattorini C, Abbruzzese C, Dallapiccola B. The dynamic genomics of myotonic dystrophy and its clinical relevance: an overview. Biomed Pharmacother 1993; 47:321-30. [PMID: 8061254 DOI: 10.1016/0753-3322(93)90081-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Sangiuolo F, Lo Cicero S, Maceratesi P, Quattrucci S, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B. Molecular characterization of a frameshift mutation in exon 19 of the CFTR gene. Hum Mutat 1993; 2:422-4. [PMID: 7504970 DOI: 10.1002/humu.1380020517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Novelli G, Gennarelli M, Zelano G, Sangiuolo F, Lo Cicero S, Samson F, Dallapiccola B. Polymerase chain reaction in the detection of mRNA transcripts from the slow skeletal troponin T (TNNT1) gene in myotonic dystrophy and normal muscle. Cell Biochem Funct 1992; 10:251-6. [PMID: 1473264 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.290100407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Recent studies have shown that the gene encoding for the slow skeletal troponin isoform T (TNNT1) is located on the proximal long arm of human chromosome 19 in the myotonic dystrophy (DM) region. In order to test TNNT1 as a candidate gene for DM, we have isolated TNNT1 cDNA from skeletal muscle from two healthy individuals and from two patients with DM. Sequencing of the TNNT1 cDNA from the DM and normal muscle revealed two sequence variants but no transcriptionally significant mutations. This work rules out a defect in the coding segment of TNNT1 as a cause of DM and provides a polymerase chain reaction protocol for studying troponin T gene expression.
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Melchionda S, Cobo A, Gennarelli M, Martorell L, Fattorini C, Baiget M, Lopez de Munain A, Johnson K, Shelbourne P, Novelli G. Expansion of the myotonic dystrophy gene in Italian and Spanish patients. J Med Genet 1992; 29:789-90. [PMID: 1453428 PMCID: PMC1016172 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.29.11.789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Myotonic dystrophy results from expansion of a (CTG)n repeat at the 3' untranslated region of the myotonin-protein kinase gene. We show here the genomic analysis of 322 symptomatic patients with the cDNA-25 probe detecting disease specific EcoRI restriction fragments. The expansion was found in the majority of Italian and Spanish patients (92%). The implications of these results for the detection of symptomatic patients in southern Europe are discussed.
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Lucidi V, Novelli G, Castro M, Sangiuolo F, Papadatou B, Ferretti F, Orrù M, Dallapiccola B. [The correlation between the genotype and the clinical expression of cystic fibrosis]. LA PEDIATRIA MEDICA E CHIRURGICA 1992; 14:513-5. [PMID: 1488308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The authors report a phenotype-genotype correlation in a population of patients from center and south Italy affected by cystic fibrosis (CF). Thirteen (21%) of patients with pancreatic insufficiency (PI) were homozygous for delta F508, seventeen (27%) were delta F508 heterozygous with an associated unknown allele. Two other described mutations (N1303K, G542X) were also found in a heterozygote status and associated with a severe clinical expression of disease.
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Pasetto N, Sesti F, De Santis L, Piccione E, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B. The prevalence of HPV16DNA in normal and pathological cervical scrapes using the polymerase chain reaction. Gynecol Oncol 1992; 46:33-6. [PMID: 1321780 DOI: 10.1016/0090-8258(92)90191-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been implicated in the development of cervical cancer. Newly developed molecular techniques have facilitated HPV identification and typing of cervical lesions. Several studies have suggested a strong correlation between HPV16 and intraepithelial cervical neoplasia. However, there is no agreement on this point since HPV16 is detected also in normal cervical tissue. We have amplified the L1 region of HPV16 DNA using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique and analyzed the HPV16 prevalence in cytological scrapes of 201 Italian sexually active patients. One hundred twenty-four of these women had normal cytologic and colposcopic examination, while seventy-seven women had normal or abnormal cytology and a cervical lesion detectable by colposcopy. Within this latter group, 25 of 77 women (32.4%) were positive for HPV16 DNA, compared to 11 of 124 samples (8.87%) from women with normal cytology and colposcopy. The present results confirm the high efficiency of the PCR technique in detecting HPV16 DNA from cervical scrapes and suggest that this analysis should become a method of choice in clinical studies.
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Nunes V, Bonizzato A, Gaona A, Dognini M, Chillón M, Casals T, Pignatti PF, Novelli G, Estivill X, Gasparini P. A frameshift mutation (2869insG) in the second transmembrane domain of the CFTR gene: identification, regional distribution, and clinical presentation. Am J Hum Genet 1992; 50:1140-2. [PMID: 1373935 PMCID: PMC1682605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Novelli G, Sangiuolo F, Mokini V, Cikuli M, Piazza A, Dallapiccola B. The cystic fibrosis delta F508 mutation in the Albanian population. Am J Hum Genet 1992; 50:875-6. [PMID: 1550133 PMCID: PMC1682660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Novelli G, Gennarelli M, Rocchi M, Dallapiccola B. Assignment of the slow troponin T (TNNT1) gene to chromosome 19 using polymerase chain reaction. Hum Genet 1992; 88:697-8. [PMID: 1551677 DOI: 10.1007/bf02265301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Veneziano L, D'Angelo AR, Burrai L, Perugia G, Gentile V, Potenza L, Iampieri MP, Novelletto A, Novelli G, Frontali M. DNA markers in diagnosis of adult dominant polycystic kidney disease. Eur Urol 1992; 21 Suppl 1:57-9. [PMID: 1425839 DOI: 10.1159/000474892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We report the results of a biological and molecular study carried out on 11 Italian families, with a total of 111 individuals in which adult dominant polycystic kidney disease segregates. A restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis was performed. Two families have shown a genetic heterogeneity even if not phenotypically different from the other ones: they resulted unlinked to 16p markers. A prenatal diagnosis has been performed in a family of the linked type.
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De Santis L, Sestl F, Pasetto N, Piccione E, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B. Evaluation of human papillomavirus 16 and 18 in premalignant and malignant cervical lesions by the polymerase chain reaction. J OBSTET GYNAECOL 1992. [DOI: 10.3109/01443619209013638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Novelli G, Gennarelli M, De Santis L, Angeloni P, Dallapiccola B. Inosine-containing primers in human papillomavirus detection by polymerase chain reaction. Biomed Pharmacother 1992; 46:167-9. [PMID: 1330051 DOI: 10.1016/0753-3322(92)90025-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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A PCR protocol has been developed using inosine-containing primers for human papilloma virus (HPV) detection. The HPV16 L1 region from CaSki-positive cells was efficiently amplified by a single reaction and directly analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis. The method was found to be sensitive and reproducible, and it easy to use for HPV typing and screening.
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Nunes V, Gasparini P, Novelli G, Gaona A, Bonizzato A, Sangiuolo F, Balassopoulou A, Giménez FJ, Dognini M, Ravnik-Glavac M. Analysis of 14 cystic fibrosis mutations in five south European populations. Hum Genet 1991; 87:737-8. [PMID: 1937479 DOI: 10.1007/bf00201737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We have analysed five Southern European populations (Albanian, Greek, Italian, Spanish and Yugoslavian) for 14 cystic fibrosis (CF) mutations. The most frequent mutations, apart from delta F508, were G542X (6.04%), R1162X (3.61%) and N1303K (3.24%). Each of the other analysed mutations were present at a frequency of less than 1% (R347P, R334W, S549RA, S549I, G551D, R553X and W1282X), and four mutations (D110H, delta I507, S549RT, and S1255X) were not found in this sample. The data presented here allows the use of mutation analysis in 69.5% of Spanish, 58% of Greek, and 56.5% of Italian CF cases.
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Gennarelli M, Novelli G, Cobo A, Baiget M, Dallapiccola B. 3' creatine kinase (M-type) polymorphisms linked to myotonic dystrophy in Italian and Spanish populations. Hum Genet 1991; 87:654-6. [PMID: 1682233 DOI: 10.1007/bf00201719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Linkage analysis and haplotype characterization for the allelic system detected at the 3' creatine kinase muscle type (CKMM) locus were carried out in 59 myotonic dystrophy (DM) families from Italy and Spain. A maximum lod score (zmax) of 21.26 at a recombination frequency (theta) of 0.00 was found. No statistically significant linkage disequilibrium was observed between DM and the RFLPs examined. However, a substantial linkage disequilibrium was found between CKMM-TaqI and CKMM-NcoI sites in these two populations.
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Gasparini P, Nunes V, Savoia A, Dognini M, Morral N, Gaona A, Bonizzato A, Chillon M, Sangiuolo F, Novelli G. The search for south European cystic fibrosis mutations: identification of two new mutations, four variants, and intronic sequences. Genomics 1991; 10:193-200. [PMID: 2045102 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(91)90500-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The major mutation in the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene is a 3-bp deletion (delta F508) in exon 10. About 50% of the CF chromosomes in Southern Europe carry this mutation, while other previously described mutations account for less than 4%. To identify other common mutations in CF patients from the Mediterranean area, we have sequenced, exon by exon, 16 chromosomes that did not show the delta F508 deletion from a selected panel of eight unrelated CF patients. We describe here one missense and one nonsense mutation, and four sequence polymorphisms. We have also found two previously reported mutations in three chromosomes. Overall, these mutations may account for about 20% of CF alleles in the Italian and Spanish populations. No other mutations were detected in 10 out of 16 CF chromosomes after analyzing about 90% of the coding region of the CF gene, and 39 out of 54 intron/exon boundaries. Therefore, about 26% of CF mutations remain to be identified. In addition we provide the intron/exon boundary sequences for exons 4 to 9. These results together with previously reported linkage data suggest that in the Mediterranean populations further mutations may lie in the promoter region, or in intron sequences not yet analyzed.
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Sangiuolo F, Novelli G, Murru S, Dallapiccola B. A serine-to-arginine (AGT-to-CGT) mutation in codon 549 of the CFTR gene in an Italian patient with severe cystic fibrosis. Genomics 1991; 9:788-9. [PMID: 1903761 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(91)90380-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Gasparini P, Mandich P, Novelli G, Bellone E, Sangiuolo F, De Stefano F, Potenza L, Trabetti E, Marigo M, Pignatti PF. Forensic applications of molecular genetic analysis: an Italian collaborative study on paternity testing by the determination of variable number of tandem repeat DNA polymorphisms. Hum Hered 1991; 41:174-81. [PMID: 1937491 DOI: 10.1159/000153997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Several variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) DNA polymorphisms detecting different loci (YNH24/MspI or TaqI, CMM101/MspI or MLJ14/MspI, EFD64.2/RsaI or HinfI, YNZ22/TaqI, AW101/EcoRI, EKMDA2.1/PvuII and 3'-HVR/PvuII) were used in the analysis of 27 cases of disputed paternity in the Italian population. Fourteen exclusions and 17 attributions were performed. The results were compared with those obtained with immunohematologic analyses. Four exclusions and 2 attributions were made possible only by the combined use of several DNA polymorphisms, as the analyses of red-blood-cell antigens and isoenzymes, serum proteins and HLA group determinants were inconclusive. With the DNA test, 10 exclusions and 15 attributions were confirmed, with increased overall probability. In conclusion, VNTR polymorphisms were more informative, accurate and sensitive than the immunohematologic tests. Therefore, DNA analysis is the method of choice for testing genetic relationships.
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Novelli G, Gennarelli M, Potenza L, Angeloni P, Dallapiccola B. Study of the effects on DNA of electromagnetic fields using clamped homogeneous electric field gel electrophoresis. Biomed Pharmacother 1991; 45:451-4. [PMID: 1820176 DOI: 10.1016/0753-3322(91)90046-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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A clamped homogeneous electric field (CHEF) electrophoresis allowing the separation of DNA molecules in the range of 200 to 3000 kb in size was used to study the biological effects of electric and magnetic fields (EMFs). The results obtained did not show any detectable genomic damage on Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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Scamporrino A, De Petris U, Novelli G, Salvi F, Coletti M, Schillaci F, Stagnitti F, Accettella U. [The role of endoscopy in the hemorrhagic complications of gastroduodenal ulcer]. Ann Ital Chir 1991; 62:45-52; discussion 52-3. [PMID: 1952503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The hemorrhage is a fairly frequent event in the evolution of the gastroduodenal peptic ulcer syndrome. The mortality rate has remained approximately unchanged, in spite of the progress in instrumental diagnosis and medical therapy, in the last decade. The authors examine 163 cases of digestive hemorrhage from gastroduodenal ulcers, observed in the last five years (1984-1988), with particular reference to the medical or surgical treatment undertaken, and to the mortality rate. Gastroduodenal ulcers, in 340 cases of upper digestive hemorrhage, represented nearly half the lesions, registered in the same period. Duodenal ulcers (D.U.), were found in 124 patients (34.4%) and gastric ulcers (G.U.) in 39 patients (11.47%), 113 (91.1%) patients with D.U., and 33 (84.6%) patients with G.U. were treated by medical therapy. The mortality rate in this group was 6.16%. II patients (8.9%) with D.U. and 6 patients (15.3%) with G.U. were operated on. The surgical mortality rate was high at 35.2%. Total mortality rate was 9.2%. The endoscopic exam was useful for diagnostic bleeding investigation and contributed to therapeutic decisions. Active bleeding lesions were found in 38.4% of patients with G.U. and in 32.3% with D.U. In 61.6% of patients with G.U. and in 67.7% with D.U., the lesions had already stopped bleeding; but in both lesions nearly 40% of cases, presented signs of a recent hemorrhage. The prognosis and natural history of the hemorrhage, was not changed by an immediate exam. The clinical reports and the data furnished, especially from continuous bleeding and rebleeding lesions, could be useful in identifying a sub-group of patients who could obtain better results by surgical treatment within a suitable time. The endoscopy, besides selecting and contributing to a better therapeutic strategy, through haemostasis technic, could reduce mortality rate from gastroduodenal ulcer lesions.
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Abbas N, Novelli G, Stella NC, Triolo O, Corrado F, Fellous M, Chery M, Gilgenkrantz S, Dallapiccola B. A 45,X male with molecular evidence of a translocation of Y euchromatin onto chromosome 1. Hum Genet 1990; 86:94-8. [PMID: 2253943 DOI: 10.1007/bf00205184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A 45,X complement was found in lymphocyte and fibroblast cultures of a male infant with severe growth and mental retardation and mild dysmorphism. Lymphocyte DNA from this patient was found to contain Yp chromosome sequences. In situ hybridization (ISH) with the 50f2 probe led to a clear assignment of euchromatic material on the short arm of chromosome 1. This observation and others from the literature argue in favour of the conclusion that all 45,X males are probably either the result of undetected mosaicism or are carriers of Y translocated material.
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Gennarelli M, Novelli G, Uzielli MLG, Pietropolli A, Dallapiccola B. Rapid prenatal diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy in the second trimester using polymerase chain reaction. J Med Genet 1990. [DOI: 10.1136/jmg.27.10.662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Love DR, Flint TJ, Marsden RF, Bloomfield JF, Daniels RJ, Forrest SM, Gabrielli O, Giorgi P, Novelli G, Davies KE. Characterization of deletions in the dystrophin gene giving mild phenotypes. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1990; 37:136-42. [PMID: 2240031 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320370132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We have characterized deletions of the dystrophin gene in patients suffering from relatively mild muscular dystrophy. Our data show that most of the Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) patients have intragenic deletions which leave the protein reading frame in phase. Remarkably, large deletions of the region corresponding to the central triple helical repeats in the protein can result in an exceptionally mild phenotype. Three brothers suffering from BMD, glycerol kinase deficiency, and adrenal hypoplasia possess a deletion at the 3' end of the gene. They also display developmental delay. Thus the 3' processing of the gene must be necessary for the correct function of the dystrophin molecule.
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