We have scanned 14 different exons from the first part of the NF1 gene using the RNA-single strand conformation polymorphism (RNA-SSCP) method in a series of 40 NF1 patients.
Nine novel mutations have been characterized as the result of screening exon 16 of the human NF1 gene in 465 unrelated neurofibromatosis type 1 patients.
However, we have identified a novel missense mutation in a family with a classical multi-symptomatic NF1 phenotype, including a malignant schwannoma, that specifically abolishes the Ras-GTPase-activating function of neurofibromin.
A novel mutation L1425P in the GAP-region of the NF1 gene detected by temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TGGE). Mutation in brief no. 230. Online.
Minor lesion mutational spectrum of the entire NF1 gene does not explain its high mutability but points to a functional domain upstream of the GAP-related domain.
We studied the NF1 gene in 93 unrelated patients with neurofibromatosis type1, focusing the analysis on four exons that contain the highest number of possible mutations occurring at CpG sites.
To determine whether there is a certain genotype underlying PNFs or subtypes of PNFs, we screened 42 NF1 patients from 41 families with PNFs for mutations in the NF1 gene.
We established theoretical conditions for DHPLC analysis of all coding exons and splice junctions of the NF1 gene using the WAVEmaker software version 4.1.40 and screened for mutations a panel of 40 unrelated NF1 patients (25 sporadic and 15 familial), genetically uncharacterized.