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Hot spot mutations in adenosine deaminase deficiency.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Aug 1990
Hirschhorn R, Tzall S, Ellenbogen A
Abstract excerpt
We have previously characterized mutant adenosine deaminase (ADA; adenosine aminohydrolase, EC 3.5.4.4) enzymes in seven children with partial ADA deficiency. Six children shared common origins, suggesting a common progenitor. However, we found evidence for multiple phenotypically different mutant enzymes. We hypothesized that many of the mutations would be at CpG dinucleotides, hot spots at which spontaneous...
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