Abstract
We report a direct DNA sequencing analysis of the MECP2 gene undertaken on a further
64 Italian patients with Rett syndrome by using a LICOR 4200 Automated Sequencer.
All of the girls entering the study had a consistent clinical diagnosis for this disorder.
All coding regions and the flanking intronic splice site sequences were amplified
as three non-overlapping fragments by using both forward and reverse primers. The
results were then compared to the MECP2 reference sequences published in GenBank.
Mutations of the MECP2 gene were identified in 64 of 75 (85.33%) unrelated sporadic
Rett syndrome girls. Genotype/phenotype correlation studies, in particular in groups
of patients with the same mutation, did not offer definitive and interesting data.
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References
- Rett syndrome is caused by mutations in X-linked MECP2, encoding methyl-CpG-binding protein 2.Nat Genet. 1999; 23: 185-188
- Long-read sequence analysis of the MECP2 gene in Rett syndrome patients: correlation of disease severity with mutation type and location.Hum Mol Genet. 2000; 9: 1119-1129
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