This thesis describes a search for DNA polymorphisms at the HEXA locus as well as the characterization of three Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) mutations in the Chinese population. / No polymorphisms were detected in the HEXA gene by three different methods: (1) Southern blotting; (2) PCR amplification and restriction enzyme digestion of intronic sequences; (3) single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of introns. The apparent deficiency of accessible polymorphisms is a handicap in studying the origin, distribution, and frequency of mutant HEXA alleles in human populations. / I have characterized five of six infantile TSD alleles segregating in three unrelated Chinese families in which there is no known consanguinity. Two of the mutations described are novel, the third is a transition previously reported in an Italian patient (Nakano et al, 1988). / The two novel mutations occur in homozygous form in the affected individuals investigated. They are: (1) an insertion of an A at nucleotide 547 (Family 1) and (2) a T1453C transition (Family 2). (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.61204 |
| Date | January 1991 |
| Creators | Akalin, Nur |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Biology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001275719, proquestno: AAIMM74887, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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