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Analysis of Batten disease candidate genes STP and STM
P B Munroe1, H M Mitchison, T P Dooley
1Department of Paediatrics, University College London Medical School, Rayne Institute, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
We have sequenced a large proportion of the open reading frames (ORFs) of two phenol sulphotransferase gene transcripts (STP and STM) from three patients with Batten disease. This was done using reverse transcription and PCR amplification of total RNA followed by direct sequencing of the PCR products. No mutations or changes have been observed in either gene after sequencing 93% of the STP ORF and 72% of the STM ORF. Work is in progress to finish sequencing both genes which will allow the confirmation or exclusion of these phenol sulphotransferases having a role in the development of Batten disease.