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Cloning of the gene for ocular albinism type 1 from the distal short arm of the X chromosome.

Ocular albinism type 1 (OA1) is an X-linked disorder characterized by severe impairment of visual acuity, retinal hypopigmentation and the presence of macromelanosomes. We isolated a novel transcript from the OA1 critical region in Xp22.3-22.2 which is expressed at high levels in RNA samples from retina, including the retinal pigment epithelium, and from melanoma. This gene encodes a protein of 424 amino acids displaying several putative transmembrane domains and sharing no similarities with previously identified molecules. Five intragenic deletions and a 2 bp insertion resulting in a premature stop codon were identified from DNA analysis of patients with OA1, indicating that we have identified the OA1 gene.[1]

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  1. Cloning of the gene for ocular albinism type 1 from the distal short arm of the X chromosome. Bassi, M.T., Schiaffino, M.V., Renieri, A., De Nigris, F., Galli, L., Bruttini, M., Gebbia, M., Bergen, A.A., Lewis, R.A., Ballabio, A. Nat. Genet. (1995) [Pubmed]
 
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