Article
Molecular genetics of peroxidase deficiency.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Sept 1998
Petrides P E
Abstract excerpt
Myeloperoxidase (MPO) belongs to a family of related proteins which also includes eosinophil, thyroid, and lactoperoxidase. The MPO gene is a 14-kb gene located on the long arm of chromosome 17. Thus far four mutations (R569W, Y173C, M251T and a 14-base deletion in exon 9) have been identified in patients with MPO deficiency. As in other genetically determined diseases, many more mutations will eventually be...
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