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Insertion of Alu element responsible for acute intermittent porphyria.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1999
Mustajoki S, Ahola H, Mustajoki P, Kauppinen R
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we report a large Finnish family in which an Alu element interferes with the coding region of the porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD) gene resulting in acute intermittent porphyria (AIP). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of exon 5 among patients showed an abnormal band around 350 bp apart from the normal bands. Subcloning and sequencing of the...
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