Two frameshift mutations in the cystic fibrosis gene.

Iannuzzi, M C; Stern, R C; Collins, F S; Hon, C T; Hidaka, N; Strong, T; Becker, L; Drumm, M L et al. · Am J Hum Genet · 1991

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a recessive disease caused by mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. We have identified in exon 7 two frameshift mutations, one caused by a two-nucleotide insertion and the other caused by a one-nucleotide deletion; these mutations--CF1154insTC and CF1213delT, respectively, are predicted to shift the reading frame of the protein and to introduce UAA(ochre) termination codons at residues 369 and 368.

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