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A novel missense mutation in the ALPL gene causes dysfunction of the protein.
Molecular medicine reports - 1 Jul 2017
Chen Bin, Li Lili, Ren Weitong, Yi Long, Wang Yaping, Yan Fuhua
Abstract excerpt
Hypophosphatasia (HP) is a rare genetic disease caused by mutation in the alkaline phosphatase, liver/bone/kidney (ALPL) gene with highly variable clinical manifestations. Efforts have been made to collect cases with novel mutations and to examine how a missense mutation affects ALPL protein function, which remains difficult to predict. The present study investigated the underlying mechanism of ALPL dysfunction...
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