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Mutation and polymorphism analysis of the human homogentisate 1, 2-dioxygenase gene in alkaptonuria patients.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Apr 1998
Beltrán-Valero de Bernabé D, Granadino B, Chiarelli I, Porfirio B, Mayatepek E, Aquaron R, Moore M M, Festen J J, Sanmartí R, Peñalva M A, de Córdoba S R
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Alkaptonuria (AKU), a rare hereditary disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine catabolism, was the first disease to be interpreted as an inborn error of metabolism. AKU patients are deficient for homogentisate 1,2 dioxygenase (HGO); this deficiency causes homogentisic aciduria, ochronosis, and arth...
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