Article
A somatic point mutation in a putative ligand binding domain of the TSH receptor in a patient with autoimmune hyperthyroidism.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Dec 1991
Heldin N E, Gustavsson B, Westermark K, Westermark B
Abstract excerpt
Nucleotide sequence analysis of PCR fragments of TSH receptor cDNA synthesized from thyroid RNA of a patient with autoimmune hyperthyroidism, revealed two different sequences in the first position of codon 36. In one of the sequences, there was a C for G substitution leading to the D36----H substitution in the predicted peptide. Both variants were also found in genomic DNA of thyroid tissue. However, only the...
Topics
- Adult
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Base Sequence
- DNA
- Humans
- Hyperthyroidism
- Ligands
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
