Objective(s): Jervell and Lange–Nielsen syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in KCNQ1 or KCNE1 genes. The disease is characterized by sensorineural hearing loss and long QT syndrome. Methods: Here we present a 3.5-year-old female patient, an offspring of consanguineous marriage, who had a history of recurrent syncope and congenital sensorineural deafness. The patient ...

P53 tumor suppressor gene, also known as “genome guardian” is mutated in more than half of allkind of cancers. In this study we have investigated the controls of environmental pH for P53 genemutation in point of specific sequence which is prone to mutagenesis. The most probable cancerousmutations occur as point mutations in exons 5-8 of P53 gene. The 175th codon of P53 is the thirdmost mutated ...

Background: β-thalassemia is one of the most widespread disease in the world, including Iran. In this study, we reported, for the first time, A 290-bp β-globin gene deletion in the south of Iran. Methods: Four individuals from three unrelated families with Arabic ethnic background were studied in Khuzestan Province. Red blood cell indices and hemoglobin analysis were carried out accor...

background and objective: molecular epidemiological studies have shown that certain genotypes of mycobacterium tuberculosis (mtb) are over-represented in limited geographical regions, suggesting of evolution of certain genotypes with increasing virulence and pathogenicity. beijing strain of mtb was initially described by its potential to cause outbreaks worldwide and its association with drug r...

Staphylococcus aureus carrying PVL gene remain major health problem associated with highly virulent infections. Characterization of such gene is important to know the impact and the functional significance of nucleotide variations. PCR and standard sequencing were performed for twelve Sudanese strains from different sources. Protein structures prediction, modeling and physiochemical analysis we...

objective: hearing loss is the most frequent neurosensory defect in human. mutations in gjb2 and gjb6 are responsible for 50% of autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss (arnshl) cases. here we report on the frequencies of gjb2 and gjb6 mutations and three large deletions spanning the gjb6 gene including del (gjb6-d13s1830), del (gjb6-d13s1854) and a >920 kb deletion in patients affected ...

objective: to determine the frequency of dyt1 mutation in iranian patients affected with primary dystonia. materials and methods: in this study, we investigated 60 patients with primary dystonia who referred to the tehran medical genetics laboratory (tmgl) to determine the deletional mutation of 904-906 del gag in the dyt1 gene. dna extracted from patients’ peripheral blood was subjected to pcr...

background kras and braf gene mutations are considered as key events in carcinogenesis progression of colorectal cancer. given the importance of these gene mutations evaluations, especially in metastatic patients, in terms of determination of therapeutic strategies, we studied the prevalence of kras and braf mutations in tabriz city.   materials and methods deoxyribonucleic acid (dna) extracted...