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Identification of new mutations in primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1).
Journal of nephrology - 1 Jan 2000
von Schnakenburg C, Rumsby G
Abstract excerpt
Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is caused by deficiency of the hepatic peroxisomal enzyme alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT). The AGXT gene, which codes for the 392 amino acid protein, has been mapped to chromosome 2q37.3. In order to identify new mutations in the AGXT gene we studied 79 PH1 patients using single strand conformation polymorphism analysis. In addition to a cluster of new mutations in...
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