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Prothrombin Padua I: incomplete activation due to an amino acid substitution at a factor Xa cleavage site.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 1 Oct 1994
James H L, Kim D J, Zheng D Q, Girolami A
Abstract excerpt
An individual and an affected brother previously identified as having the variant prothrombin Padua I were studied in order to identify underlying genetic defects. A heterozygous mutation in the prothrombin gene exon 8 was identified as substitution of A for G at nucleotide position 7,312 (Arg271 (CGT) to His (CAT)). An abolished RsaI restriction site was used to confirm heterozygosity for the defect. Lack of the...
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