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A novel deletion creating a new terminal exon of the dihydrolipoyl transacylase gene is a founder mutation of Filipino maple syrup urine disease.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Feb 2004
Silao Catherine Lynn T, Padilla Carmencita D, Matsuo Masafumi
Abstract excerpt
Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a rare, autosomal-recessive disorder of branched-chain amino-acid metabolism. In the Philippines, many MSUD cases have been diagnosed clinically. Here, molecular analysis of the dihydrolipoyl transacylase (E2) gene was done in 13 unrelated families from the Philippines. A novel deletion spanning 4.1 kb of intron 10 and 601 bp of exon 11, caused by non-homologous recombination...
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