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Lysinuric protein intolerance: update and extended mutation analysis of the SLC7A7 gene.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2008
Sperandeo Maria Pia, Andria Generoso, Sebastio Gianfranco
Abstract excerpt
Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI) is an inherited aminoaciduria caused by defective cationic amino acid (CAA) transport at the basolateral membrane of epithelial cells in the intestine and kidney. LPI is caused by mutations in the SLC7A7 gene, which encodes the y(+)LAT-1 protein, the catalytic...
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