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Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of the tissue nonspecific alkaline phosphatase isoenzyme gene in hypophosphatasia.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Feb 2002
Mumm Steven, Jones Jonathan, Finnegan Patrick, Henthorn Paula S, Podgornik Michelle N, Whyte Michael P
Abstract excerpt
Hypophosphatasia, a heritable form of rickets/osteomalacia, was first described in 1948. The biochemical hallmark, subnormal alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity in serum, reflects a generalized disturbance involving the tissue-nonspecific isoenzyme of ALP (TNSALP). Deactivating mutations in the gene that encodes TNSALP have been reported in patients worldwide. Nevertheless, hypophosphatasia manifests an...
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