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Human ferrochelatase: a novel mutation in patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria and an isoform caused by alternative splicing.
Human genetics - 1 Apr 1995
Schneider-Yin X, Schäfer B W, Tönz O, Minder E I
Abstract excerpt
Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP), attributable to deficiency of ferrochelatase activity (FECH), is characterised mainly by cutaneous photosensitivity. To define the molecular defect in two EPP-affected siblings and their parents in a Swiss family, ferrochelatase cDNA was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and subjected to sequence analysis. A 5-bp deletion (T580-G584) was identified on one allele...
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