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Identification and characterization of an inherited mutation of PIG-A in a patient with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria.
British journal of haematology - 1 Jun 1996
Endo M, Ware R E, Vreeke T M, Howard T A, Parker C J
Abstract excerpt
Analysis of the X-linked gene PIG-A from haemopoietic cells of a female PNH patient showed a homozygous C-55-T substitution that caused replacement of arginine with tryptophan at codon 19. Aval restriction analysis of PIG-A cDNA demonstrated that the patient was homozygous for this mutation, whereas her mother was heterozygous and her father was hemizygous. Flow cytometry, however, showed normal expression of...
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