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Analyses of the transglutaminase 1 gene mutation and ultrastructural characteristics in a Japanese patient with lamellar ichthyosis.
Journal of dermatological science - 1 Nov 2000
Yotsumoto S, Akiyama M, Yoneda K, Fukushige T, Kobayashi K, Saheki T, Kanzaki T
Abstract excerpt
We described a Japanese female with lamellar ichthyosis whose transglutaminase 1 gene (TGM1 gene) was mutated. DNA sequence analysis revealed that the patient had a homozygous mutation, i.e. a point mutation from G to A at nucleotide 1494 resulting in the substitution of glycine for arginine at c...
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