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Modulation of penetrance by the wild-type allele in dominantly inherited erythropoietic protoporphyria and acute hepatic porphyrias.
Human genetics - 1 Feb 2004
Gouya Laurent, Puy Hervé, Robreau Anne-Marie, Lyoumi Said, Lamoril Jérome, Da Silva Vasco, Grandchamp Bernard, Deybach Jean-Charles
Abstract excerpt
We have recently demonstrated that in an autosomal dominant porphyria, erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP), the coinheritance of a ferrochelatase (FECH) gene defect and of a wild-type low-expressed FECH allele is generally involved in the clinical expression of EPP. This mechanism may provide a model for phenotype modulation by minor variations in the expression of the wild-type allele in the other three...
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