A novel mutation in the ferrochelatase gene associated with erythropoietic protoporphyria.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1771.x

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A novel mutation in the ferrochelatase gene associated with erythropoietic protoporphyria.

British journal of haematology - 1 Jul 1996

Imoto S, Tanizawa Y, Sato Y, Kaku K, Oka Y

Abstract excerpt

Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is a hereditary disorder caused by mutations of the ferrochelatase gene. We investigated a Japanese patient with a dominant form of erythropoietic protoporphyria for a ferrochelatase mutation. Sequence analysis of the proband's ferrochelatase cDNA revealed a T...

Topics

Adult
Base Sequence
Blotting, Western
Ferrochelatase
Gene Expression
Humans
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Porphyria, Hepatoerythropoietic

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