Zellweger syndrome and associated phenotypes.

doi:10.1136/jmg.33.10.863

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Zellweger syndrome and associated phenotypes.

Journal of medical genetics - 1 Oct 1996

FitzPatrick D R

Abstract excerpt

Until recently, the peroxisome was considered a "reactor chamber" for H2O2 producing oxidases, and it is now recognised as a versatile organelle performing complex catabolic and biosynthetic roles in the cell. Zellweger syndrome (ZS), the paradigm of human peroxisomal disorders, is characterised...

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Animals
Humans
Male
Microbodies
Phenotype
Zellweger Syndrome

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