Cuevas J M, Espinós C, Millán J M, Sánchez F, Trujillo M J, García-Sandoval B, Ayuso C, Nájera C, Beneyto M
Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Mol Cell Probes. 1998 Dec;12(6):417-20. doi: 10.1006/mcpr.1998.0202.
A Spanish family with three Usher I syndrome-affected members was linked to markers located on chromosome 11q. A search for mutations on the myosin VIIA gene revealed a novel mutation (Cys628STOP) on exon 16 segregating with the disorder in a homozygous state. This nonsense mutation could be responsible for the disease since it leads to a truncated protein that presumably has no function.