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Lysinuric protein intolerance: reviewing concepts on a multisystem disease.
American journal of medical genetics. Part C, Seminars in medical genetics - 15 Feb 2011
Sebastio Gianfranco, Sperandeo Maria P, Andria Generoso
Abstract excerpt
Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI) is an inherited aminoaciduria caused by defective cationic amino acid transport at the basolateral membrane of epithelial cells in intestine and kidney. LPI is caused by mutations in the SLC7A7 gene, which encodes the y(+)LAT-1 protein, the catalytic light chai...
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