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Identification of a common mutation in the carnitine palmitoyltransferase II gene in familial recurrent myoglobinuria patients.
Nature genetics - 1 Jul 1993
Taroni F, Verderio E, Dworzak F, Willems P J, Cavadini P, DiDonato S
Abstract excerpt
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) II deficiency is the most common inherited disorder of lipid metabolism affecting skeletal muscle. We have identified a missense mutation (Ser113Leu) in one patient with the classical muscular symptomatology. Transfection experiments in COS cells demonstrate t...
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