Description:
FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION SYNDROME
Repository
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NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository
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Subcollection |
Heritable Diseases Chromosome Abnormalities |
Class |
Disorders with Trinucleotide Expansions |
Class |
X Chromosome Markers |
Quantity |
25 µg |
Quantitation Method |
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Biopsy Source
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Peripheral vein
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Cell Type
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B-Lymphocyte
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Tissue Type
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Blood
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Transformant
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Epstein-Barr Virus
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Sample Source
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DNA from LCL
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Race
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White
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Family Member
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5
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Relation to Proband
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mother
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Confirmation
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Clinical summary/Case history
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ISCN
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46,X,fra(X)(q27) 6% of cells show fra(X)
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Species
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Homo sapiens
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Common Name
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Human
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Remarks
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IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIES OF ORIGIN |
Species of Origin Confirmed by Nucleoside Phosphorylase, Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase, and Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme Electrophoresis and by Chromosome Analysis |
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Remarks |
Two affected sons; 1 affected brother; mild speech difficulties; affected son is GM05131 Fibroblast; 46,X,fra(X)(q27) in 6% of lymphoblasts; carrier female by Southern analysis |
Yu WD, Wenger SL, Steele MW, X chromosome imprinting in fragile X syndrome. Hum Genet85:590-4 1990 |
PubMed ID: 2227950 |
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