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Factor IXHollywood: substitution of Pro55 by Ala in the first epidermal growth factor-like domain.
Blood - 15 Oct 1990
Spitzer S G, Kuppuswamy M N, Saini R, Kasper C K, Birktoft J J, Bajaj S P
Abstract excerpt
Factor IX is a multidomain protein essential for hemostasis. We describe a mutation in a patient affecting the first epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like domain of the protein. All exons and the promoter region of the gene were amplified by the polymerase chain reaction method, and sequenced. Only a single mutation (C----G), that predicts the substitution of Pro55 by Ala in the first EGF domain was found in the...
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