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Erythrocyte-based Pig-a gene mutation assay: demonstration of cross-species potential.
Mutation research - 8 Dec 2008
Phonethepswath Souk, Bryce Steven M, Bemis Jeffrey C, Dertinger Stephen D
Abstract excerpt
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors attach specific proteins to the cell surface of hematopoietic cells. Of the genes required to form GPI anchors, only Pig-a is located on the X-chromosome. Prior work with rats suggests that the GPI anchor deficient phenotype is a reliable indicator of Pig-a mutation [Bryce et al., Environ. Mol. Mutagen., 49 (2008) 256-264]. The current report extends this line of...
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