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Complete thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG) deficiency caused by a single nucleotide deletion in the TBG gene.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Nov 1991
Li P, Janssen O E, Takeda K, Bertenshaw R H, Refetoff S
Abstract excerpt
Thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG) is the major thyroid hormone transport protein. Several inherited TBG variants resulting in partial and complete TBG deficiency have been shown to be caused by one or two nucleotide replacements in the coding regions of the TBG gene. Each manifests as a different change in the physical properties and/or biological function of the mature TBG protein. We now report sequencing of the...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Deletion
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Thyroid Function Tests
- Thyroxine-Binding Proteins
