| Literature DB >> 3385745 |
A S Knisely1, A Richardson, D Abuelo, S Casey, D B Singer.
Abstract
An infant who died of complications of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) at 22 days of age had a 46,XY,inv(7)(p13q22) karyotype. His mother carried the same inversion. One breakpoint of the inversion was within the region of the gene for alpha 2(I) procollagen. The product of this gene is a component of type I collagen, the principal collagen synthesised by osteoblasts. Karyotypic abnormalities involving type I collagen gene sites have not previously been reported in association with OI.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3385745 PMCID: PMC1050466 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.25.5.352
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Genet ISSN: 0022-2593 Impact factor: 6.318