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Molecular basis of hereditary C3 deficiency.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Oct 1990
Botto M, Fong K Y, So A K, Rudge A, Walport M J
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary deficiency of complement component C3 in a 10-yr-old boy was studied. C3 could not be detected by RIA of serum from the patient. Segregation of C3 S and C3 F allotypes within the family confirmed the presence of a null gene for C3, for which the patient was homozygous. 30 exons have been characterized, spanning the entire beta chain of C3 and the alpha chain as far as the C3d region. Sequence analysis...
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