Article
Mutations in the X-linked E1 alpha subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase: exon skipping, insertion of duplicate sequence, and missense mutations leading to the deficiency of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 1995
Chun K, MacKay N, Petrova-Benedict R, Federico A, Fois A, Cole D E, Robertson E, Robinson B H
Abstract excerpt
Human pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH)-complex deficiency is an inborn error of metabolism that is extremely heterogeneous in its presentation and clinical course. In a study of 14 patients (7 females and 7 males), we have found a mutation in the coding region of the E1 alpha gene in all 14 patients....
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Dosage Compensation, Genetic
- Exons
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Infant
