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Anovel catalase mutation (a GA insertion) causes the Hungarian type of acatalasemia.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 1 Apr 2000
Góth L, Shemirani A, Kalmár T
Abstract excerpt
Acatalasemia, a deficiency of enzyme catalase, is an autosomal recessive syndrome with an incidence of 5:106 in Hungary. We have examined the first Hungarian acatalasemic family for the disease-causing mutation. All exons of the catalase gene were screened by PCR-SSCP, PCR-heteroduplex, and nucleotide sequence analysis. The heteroduplex formation detected in exon 2 was verified by nucleotide sequence analysis. We...
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