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Acromesomelic dysplasia, type Maroteaux is a disorder characterized by disproportionate short stature predominantly affecting the middle and distal segments of the upper and lower limbs. It is an autosomal recessive disorder due to mutation in NPR2 gene which impairs skeletal growth. To screen the mutations in the gene NPR2, all of its coding exons and splice junction sites were PCR amplified from genomic DNA of affected individuals of four families and sequenced. Four homozygous mutations in four different families were identified. These include three novel mutations including a deletion frameshift mutation (p.Cys586Ter), one nonsense mutation (p.Arg479Ter), one missense mutation (p.Val187Asp) and one reported missense mutation (p.Tyr338Cys). The study describes phenotypes of Indian patients and expands the mutation spectrum of the disorder.
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We sincerely thank the cooperation of patient’s families and acknowledge the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, for funding (BMS-63/8/2010).
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[Srivastava P., Tuteja M., Dalal A., Mandal K. and Phadke S. R. 2016 Novel mutations in the transmembrane natriuretic peptide receptor NPR-B gene in four Indian families with acromesomelic dysplasia, type Maroteaux. J. Genet. 95, xx–xx]
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SRIVASTAVA, P., TUTEJA, M., DALAL, A. et al. Novel mutations in the transmembrane natriuretic peptide receptor NPR-B gene in four Indian families with acromesomelic dysplasia, type Maroteaux. J Genet 95, 905–909 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-016-0715-1
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