Article
Mutations in the human Ca(2+)-sensing receptor gene cause familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia and neonatal severe hyperparathyroidism.
Cell - 31 Dec 1993
Pollak M R, Brown E M, Chou Y H, Hebert S C, Marx S J, Steinmann B, Levi T, Seidman C E, Seidman J G
Abstract excerpt
We demonstrate that mutations in the human Ca(2+)-sensing receptor gene cause familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH) and neonatal severe hyperparathyroidism (NSHPT), two inherited conditions characterized by altered calcium homeostasis. The Ca(2+)-sensing receptor belongs to the superfamily of seven membrane-spanning G protein-coupled receptors. Three nonconservative missense mutations are reported: two occur...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Calcium
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Primers
- Gene Expression
- Genes
- Humans
- Hypercalcemia
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Membrane Glycoproteins
