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A novel mutation in the CYBB gene resulting in an unexpected pattern of exon skipping and chronic granulomatous disease.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 30 Aug 1999
Noack D, Heyworth P G, Curnutte J T, Rae J, Cross A R
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Chronic granulomatous disease is a rare inherited disorder caused by non-existent or severely decreased phagocyte superoxide production that results in a severe defect in host defense and consequent predisposition to microbial infection. The enzyme responsible for superoxide production, NADPH oxidase, involves at least five components. An absence of, or a defect in, any one of four of these proteins (p47(phox),...
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