Mutation Details for c.1657C>T

cDNA Name c.1657C>T 
Protein Name p.Arg553X 
Exon or Intron exon 12 
Legacy Exon or Intron exon 11 
Legacy Name R553X 
Other Details This mutation occurs ar a CG dinucleotide which has previuosly been described as a hotspot for mutations. The stop mutation has been discovered in 2 Black CF chromosomes so far. 
Contributors Cutting GR   1990-01-13
Institute Johns Hopkins Hospital Toronto, ON, CAN 
Phenotype Information CFTR2
Reference Cutting et al. 1990a 

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  •   Correlation between genotype and phenotype in patients with cystic fibrosis. The Cystic Fibrosis Genotype-Phenotype Consortium.   1993 010 28;329(18):1308-13
  • Anvret M, Dahl N   [Diagnosis of cystic fibrosis with DNA techniques].   1991 001 30;88(5):316-7
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  • Axton RA, Brock DJ   A single-tube multiplex system for the simultaneous detection of 10 common cystic fibrosis mutations.   1995;5(3):260-2
  • Bal J, Stuhrmann M, Schloesser M, Schmidtke J, Reiss J   A cystic fibrosis patient homozygous for the nonsense mutation R553X.   1991 010;28(10):715-7
  • Banjar H, Kambouris M, Meyer BF, al-Mehaidib A, Mogarri I   Geographic distribution of cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator gene mutations in Saudi Arabia.   1999 003;19(1):69-73
  • Bayleran JK, Yan H, Hopper CA, Simpson EM   Frequencies of cystic fibrosis mutations in the Maine population: high proportion of unknown alleles in individuals of French-Canadian ancestry.   1996 008;98(2):207-9
  • Bedwell DM, Kaenjak A, Benos DJ, Bebok Z, Bubien JK, Hong J, Tousson A, Clancy JP, Sorscher EJ   Suppression of a CFTR premature stop mutation in a bronchial epithelial cell line.   1997 011;3(11):1280-4
  • Bernardino AL, Ferri A, Passos-Bueno MR, Kim CE, Nakaie CM, Gomes CE, Damaceno N, Zatz M   Molecular analysis in Brazilian cystic fibrosis patients reveals five novel mutations.   2000;4(1):69-74
  • Castaldo G, Fuccio A, Cazeneuve C, Picci L, Salvatore D, Raia V, Scarpa M, Goossens M, Salvatore F   Detection of five rare cystic fibrosis mutations peculiar to Southern Italy: implications in screening for the disease and phenotype characterization for patients with homozygote mutations.   1999 007;45(7):957-62
  • Castaldo G, Fuccio A, Salvatore D, Raia V, Santostasi T, Leonardi S, Lizzi N, Rosa ML, Rigillo N, Salvatore F   Liver expression in cystic fibrosis could be modulated by genetic factors different from the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator genotype.   2001 002 1;98(4):294-297
  • Castaldo G, Rippa E, Raia V, Salvatore D, Massa C, de Ritis G, Salvatore F   Clinical features of cystic fibrosis patients with rare genotypes.   1996 001;33(1):73-6
  • Castaldo G, Rippa E, Sebastio G, Raia V, Ercolini P, de Ritis G, Salvatore D, Salvatore F   Molecular epidemiology of cystic fibrosis mutations and haplotypes in southern Italy evaluated with an improved semiautomated robotic procedure.   1996 006;33(6):475-9
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  • Cheadle J, al-Jader L, Goodchild M, Meredith AL   Mild pulmonary disease in a cystic fibrosis child homozygous for R553X.   1992 008;29(8):597
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  • Dabovic BB, Radojkovic D, Minic P, Savic J, Savic A   Frequency of the delta F508 deletion and G551D, R553X and G542X mutations in Yugoslav CF patients.   1992 003;88(6):699-700
  • Dequeker E, Cassiman JJ   Evaluation of CFTR gene mutation testing methods in 136 diagnostic laboratories: report of a large European external quality assessment.   1998 003-004;6(2):165-75
  • Deufel T, Rabe H, Wieser T, Meitinger T, Rosenecker J, Bertele-Harms R, Harms K, Hadorn HB, Roscher AA   Mutation analysis in the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.   1993 011;152(11):909-11
  • Dork T, Neumann T, Wulbrand U, Wulf B, Kalin N, Maass G, Krawczak M, Guillermit H, Ferec C, Horn G, et al   Intra- and extragenic marker haplotypes of CFTR mutations in cystic fibrosis families.   1992 002;88(4):417-25
  • Dork T, Wulbrand U, Richter T, Neumann T, Wolfes H, Wulf B, Maass G, Tummler B   Cystic fibrosis with three mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene.   1991 008;87(4):441-6
  • Duthie A, Doherty DG, Williams C, Scott-Jupp R, Warner JO, Tanner MS, Williamson R, Mowat AP   Genotype analysis for delta F508, G551D and R553X mutations in children and young adults with cystic fibrosis with and without chronic liver disease.   1992 004;15(4):660-4
  • Eiklid K, Tranebjaerg L, Eiken HG, Pedersen JC, Michalsen H, Fluge G, Schwartz M, Nilsen BR, Bolle R, Skyberg D, et al   Frequency of the delta F508 and exon 11 mutations in Norwegian cystic fibrosis patients.   1993 007;44(1):12-4
  • Endreffy E, Laszlo , Szabo A, Roman F, Kurti K, Kalman M, Rasko I   Molecular genetic studies in monogenic and polygenic human diseases.   1997;48(1):121-8
  • Entzian P, Muller E, Boysen A, Artlich A, Schwinger E, Schlaak M   Frequency of common cystic fibrosis gene mutations in chronic bronchitis patients.   1995 005;55(3):263-6
  • Estivill X, Bancells C, Ramos C   Geographic distribution and regional origin of 272 cystic fibrosis mutations in European populations. The Biomed CF Mutation Analysis Consortium.   1997;10(2):135-54
  • Flores-Martinez SE, Dean M, Saiki RK, Gallegos-Arreola MP, Moran-Moguel MC, Sanchez-Corona J   Molecular analysis of northwestern Mexican patients with cystic fibrosis: screening of 10 known mutations. Mutations in brief no. 185. Online.   1998;12(3):217-8
  • Friedman KJ, Heim RA, Knowles MR, Silverman LM   Rapid characterization of the variable length polythymidine tract in the cystic fibrosis (CFTR) gene: association of the 5T allele with selected CFTR mutations and its incidence in atypical sinopulmonary disease.   1997;10(2):108-15
  • Fugger EF, Maddalena A, Schulman JD   Results of retroactive testing of human semen donors for cystic fibrosis and human immunodeficiency virus by polymerase chain reaction.   1993 009;8(9):1435-7
  • Gimbovskaia SD, Kalinin VN, Ivashchenko TE, Baranov VS   [Molecular-genetic analysis of certain mutations of the "cystic fibrosis gene" in Moldavia. Characteristics of molecular markers and their linkage with various mutations].   1994 012;30(12):1616-20
  • Goldman A, Jenkins T, Ramsay M   Analysis of 40 known cystic fibrosis mutations in South African patients.   1994 012;46(6):398-400
  • Grebe TA, Doane WW, Richter SF, Clericuzio C, Norman RA, Seltzer WK, Rhodes SN, Goldberg BE, Hernried LS, McClure M, et al   Mutation analysis of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator gene in Native American populations of the southwest.   1992 010;51(4):736-40
  • Grebe TA, Seltzer WK, DeMarchi J, Silva DK, Doane WW, Gozal D, Richter SF, Bowman CM, Norman RA, Rhodes SN, et al   Genetic analysis of Hispanic individuals with cystic fibrosis.   1994 003;54(3):443-6
  • Greil I, Wagner K, Eber E, Zach M, Rosenkranz W   Molecular and clinical findings in Austrian cystic fibrosis patients with mutations in exon 11 of the CFTR gene.   1995;107(15):464-9
  • Guilloud-Bataille M, De Crozes D, Rault G, Degioanni A, Feingold J   Cystic fibrosis mutations: report from the French Registry. The Clinical Centers of the CF.   2000 003-004;50(2):142-5
  • Hamosh A, Trapnell BC, Zeitlin PL, Montrose-Rafizadeh C, Rosenstein BJ, Crystal RG, Cutting GR   Severe deficiency of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator messenger RNA carrying nonsense mutations R553X and W1316X in respiratory epithelial cells of patients with cystic fibrosis.   1991 012;88(6):1880-5
  • Heinonen P, Iitia A, Torresani T, Lovgren T   Simple triple-label detection of seven cystic fibrosis mutations by time-resolved fluorometry.   1997 007;43(7):1142-50
  • Hoffman RA, Floyd ME, Whetsell LH, Kramer JC, Schaefer FV   Cystic fibrosis in the southern Midwest United States: molecular characterization of the common mutations.   1994 002;307(2):82-5
  • Hull J, Shackleton S, Harris A   The stop mutation R553X in the CFTR gene results in exon skipping.   1994 001 15;19(2):362-4
  • Jung U, Urner U, Grade K, Coutelle C   Acceptability of carrier screening for cystic fibrosis during pregnancy in a German population.   1994 007;94(1):19-24
  • Kadasi L, Polakova H, Zatkova A, Kayserova H   Distribution of 9 common mutations in the CFTR gene in Slovak cystic fibrosis patients.   1997 004;11(1):51-6
  • Kadasi L, Polakova H, Zatkova A, Kayserova H, Hruskovic I   [The spectrum of mutations in the CFTR gene in patients with cystic fibrosis in Slovakia].   1998 001;99(1):33-6
  • Kostuch M, Semczuk A, Szarewicz-Adamczyk W, Gasowska-Giszczak U, Wojcierowski J, Kulczycki L   Detection of CFTR gene mutations in patients suffering from chronic bronchitis.   2000 001-002;31(1):97-100
  • Kraemer R, Aebi C, Casaulta Aebischer C, Gallati S   Early detection of lung disease and its association with the nutritional status, genetic background and life events in patients with cystic fibrosis.   2000;67(5):477-90
  • Kraemer R, Birrer P, Liechti-Gallati S   Genotype-phenotype association in infants with cystic fibrosis at the time of diagnosis.   1998 012;44(6):920-6
  • Kravchenko SA, Livshits LA   [An analysis of mutations in the 7th, 10th and 11th exons and of the polymorphism of the 4 nucleotide tandem repeats from the 3' end of the 6th intron of the CFTR gene in families from Ukraine with a high risk of mucoviscidosis].   1993 007-008;27(4):72-7
  • Kristidis P, Bozon D, Corey M, Markiewicz D, Rommens J, Tsui LC, Durie P   Genetic determination of exocrine pancreatic function in cystic fibrosis.   1992 006;50(6):1178-84
  • Liechti-Gallati S, Bonsall I, Malik N, Schneider V, Kraemer LG, Ruedeberg A, Moser H, Kraemer R   Genotype/phenotype association in cystic fibrosis: analyses of the delta F508, R553X, and 3905insT mutations.   1992 008;32(2):175-8
  • Liechti-Gallati S, Malik N, Alkan M, Maechler M, Morris M, Thonney F, Sennhauser F, Moser H   Association between haplotypes and specific mutations in Swiss cystic fibrosis families.   1991 010;30(4):304-8
  • Lindner M, Wolf A, Moh B, Steinbach P, Kleihauer E, Bartram CR, Kulozik AE   The spectrum of CFTR mutations in south-west German cystic fibrosis patients.   1992 011;90(3):267-9
  • Livshits LA, Kravchenko SA   Cystic Fibrosis in Ukraine: age, origin and tracing of the delta F508 mutation.   1996 012;10(3):219-27
  • Lucotte G, Hazout S   Geographic and ethnic distributions of the more frequent cystic fibrosis mutations in Europe show that a founder effect is apparent for several mutant alleles.   1995 008;67(4):562-76
  • Marchand E, Verellen-Dumoulin C, Mairesse M, Delaunois L, Brancaleone P, Rahier JF, Vandenplas O   Frequency of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Gene Mutations and 5T Allele in Patients With Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis.   2001 003;119(3):762-767
  • Muller F, Dommergues M, Simon-Bouy B, Ferec C, Oury JF, Aubry MC, Bessis R, Vuillard E, Denamur E, Bienvenu T, Serre JL   Cystic fibrosis screening: a fetus with hyperechogenic bowel may be the index case.   1998 008;35(8):657-60
  • Nemeth K, Holics K, Ujhelyi R, Varadi A, Fekete G   [Analysis of five mutations of cystic fibrosis occurring in the Hungarian population].   1996 004 28;137(17):899-903
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  • Ng IS, Pace R, Richard MV, Kobayashi K, Kerem B, Tsui LC, Beaudet AL   Methods for analysis of multiple cystic fibrosis mutations.   1991 009;87(5):613-7
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  • Ober C, Lester LA, Mott C, Billstrand C, Lemke A, van der Ven K, Marcus S, Kraut J, Lloyd-Still J, Booth C   Ethnic heterogeneity and cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) mutation frequencies in Chicago-area CF families.   1992 012;51(6):1344-8
  • Patrizio P, Asch RH, Handelin B, Silber SJ   Aetiology of congenital absence of vas deferens: genetic study of three generations.   1993 002;8(2):215-20
  • Petrova NV, Ginter EK, Kapranov NI, El'chinova GI   [Portion of certain cystic fibrosis gene mutations and linkage dysequilibrium between the CFTR-gene locus and two DNA marker loci in Russian populations].   1994 007;30(7):974-7
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  • Picci L, Anglani F, Scarpa M, Zacchello F   Screening for cystic fibrosis gene mutations by multiplex DNA amplification.   1992 003;88(5):552-6
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