Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA: structural gene alterations identified by Southern blot analysis and identification of racial differences.

doi:10.1007/BF00208958

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Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA: structural gene alterations identified by Southern blot analysis and identification of racial differences.

Human genetics - 1 Apr 1995

Tomatsu S, Fukuda S, Cooper A, Wraith J E, Uchiyama A, Hori T, Nakashima Y, Yamada N, Sukegawa K, Kondo N

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Ninety-six alleles (36 alleles of Japanese and 60 of Caucasian origin) from forty-eight patients with mucopolysaccharidosis IVA were investigated for structural gene alterations using Southern blot analysis. All patients had a previously demonstrated deficiency of N-acetyl-galactosamine-6-sulfate...

Topics

Alleles
Blotting, Southern
DNA
DNA Probes
Female
Gene Rearrangement
Genes
Humans
Japan
Male
Mucopolysaccharidosis IV
Pedigree
Racial Groups
Sulfatases

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