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Structural and functional analysis of mutations at the human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT1) locus.
Human mutation - 1 Jun 2004
Duan Jianxin, Nilsson Lennart, Lambert Bo
Abstract excerpt
Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT, also known as HGPRT) is an often-used genetic marker in eukaryotic cells. The gene is conserved from bacteria to human, with retained catalytic activity, although substrate specificity may have changed, and the enzyme is essential in malaria-causing protozoans. Inherited mutations in the human HPRT1 gene result in three different phenotypes: Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (LNS...
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