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Functional analysis of mutations in the human carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase in Aspergillus nidulans.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B - 1 Aug 2003
Pérez Patricia, Martínez Oscar, Romero Beatriz, Olivas Israel, Pedregosa Ana M, Palmieri Ferdinando, Laborda Fernando, Ramón De Lucas J
Abstract excerpt
Deficiency of the carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase (CACT), the most severe disorder of fatty acid beta-oxidation, is usually lethal in both humans and animals, precluding the development of animal models of the disease. In contrast, CACT deficiency is conditionally lethal in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans, since loss-of-function mutations in acuH, the translocase structural gene, do not prevent growth on...
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