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Isolation and characterization of the human D-glyceric acidemia related glycerate kinase gene GLYCTK1 and its alternatively splicing variant GLYCTK2.
DNA sequence : the journal of DNA sequencing and mapping - 1 Feb 2006
Guo Jin-Hu, Hexige Saiyin, Chen Li, Zhou Guang-Jin, Wang Xiang, Jiang Jian-Min, Kong Ya-Hui, Ji Guo-Qing, Wu Chao-Qun, Zhao Shou-Yuan, Yu Long
Abstract excerpt
Deficiency of human glycerate kinase leads to D-glycerate acidemia/D-glyceric aciduria. Through PCR cloning assisted by in silico approach, we isolated the human glycerate kinase genes--Glycerate Kinase 1 (GLYCTK1) and its alternatively splicing variant--Glycerate Kinase 2 (GLYCTK2), which might be associated with D-glycerate acidemia/D-glyceric aciduria. The locus of GLYCTK gene is mapped to 3p21. PCR...
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