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Recent advances in molecular biology have enabled the association of epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS) with point mutations of keratin 14 and/or keratin 5 genes to be established. We describe here the detection of point mutations in genomic DNA from formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded sections from five cases of epidermolysis bullosa using the PCR amplification of specific alleles (PASA) method. In two of four cases of Köbner-type EBS a point mutation of helix 2b (384 Leu-Pro) was detected and in one case of Dowling-Meara-type EBS a mutation in helix 1a (125 Arg-Cys) was detected. The results of this study are consistent with previous reports and they demonstrate that the PASA method is a rapid and reproducible method for the detection of single-base changes and small deletions.
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Hachisuka, H., Morita, M., Karashima, T. et al. Keratin 14 gene point mutation in the Köbner and Dowling-Meara types of epidermolysis bullosa simplex as detected by the PASA method. Arch Dermatol Res 287, 142–145 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01262322
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