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Identification of SLC7A7, encoding y+LAT-1, as the lysinuric protein intolerance gene.
Nature genetics - 1 Mar 1999
Torrents D, Mykkänen J, Pineda M, Feliubadaló L, Estévez R, de Cid R, Sanjurjo P, Zorzano A, Nunes V, Huoponen K, Reinikainen A, Simell O, Savontaus M L, Aula P, Palacín M
Abstract excerpt
Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI; OMIM 222700) is a rare, recessive disorder with a worldwide distribution, but with a high prevalence in the Finnish population; symptoms include failure to thrive, growth retardation, muscle hypotonia and hepatosplenomegaly. A defect in the plasma membrane transport of dibasic amino acids has been demonstrated at the baso-lateral membrane of epithelial cells in small intestine...
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