Article
Adrenoleukodystrophy gene: unexpected homology to a protein involved in peroxisome biogenesis.
Biochimie - 1 Jan 1993
Aubourg P, Mosser J, Douar A M, Sarde C O, Lopez J, Mandel J L
Abstract excerpt
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is an X-linked peroxisomal disorder characterized by a progressive demyelination of the central nervous system and adrenal insufficiency. Clinical phenotypes of different severity are frequently observed within the same kindred. ALD is characterized biochemically by the...
Topics
- Adrenoleukodystrophy
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Humans
- Microbodies
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Proteins
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
