Article
An identical missense mutation in the albumin gene results in familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia in 8 unrelated families.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 29 Jul 1994
Sunthornthepvarakul T, Angkeow P, Weiss R E, Hayashi Y, Refetoff S
Abstract excerpt
Familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia (FDH) is the most common form of inherited increase of serum thyroxine in Caucasians. It is the result of increased thyroxine-binding to serum proteins and is inherited as a dominant trait. The entire coding region of the albumin gene of a subject with FDH was sequenced. A single nucleotide substitution, G to A transition in codon 218, was found in one of the two alleles,...
Topics
- Arginine
- Codon
- DNA, Complementary
- Histidine
- Humans
- Hyperthyroxinemia
- Mutation
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Serum Albumin
- Thyroxine
