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- Title
The gene encoding ribosomal protein S19 is mutated in Diamond-Blackfan anaemia.
- Authors
Draptchinskaia, Natalia; Gustavsson, Peter; Andersson, Björn; Pettersson, Monica; Willig, Thiébaut-Noël; Dianzani, Irma; Ball, Sarah; Tchernia, Gil; Klar, Joakim; Matsson, Hans; Tentler, Dimitri; Mohandas, Narla; Carlsson, Birgit; Dahl, Niklas
- Abstract
Diamond-Blackfan anaemia (DBA) is a constitutional erythroblastopenia characterized by absent or decreased erythroid precursors. The disease, previously mapped to human chromosome 19q13, is frequently associated with a variety of malformations. To identify the gene involved in DBA, we cloned the chromosome 19q13 breakpoint in a patient with a reciprocal X;19 chromosome translocation. The breakpoint occurred in the gene encoding ribosomal protein S19. Furthermore, we identified mutations in RPS19 in 10 of 40 unrelated DBA patients, including nonsense, frameshift, splice site and missense mutations, as well as two intragenic deletions. These mutations are associated with clinical features that suggest a function for RPS19 in erythropoiesis and embryogenesis.
- Subjects
ANEMIA; HUMAN chromosomes; GENETIC mutation
- Publication
Nature Genetics, 1999, Vol 21, Issue 2, p169
- ISSN
1061-4036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/5951