The molecular basis of alkaptonuria

Nature Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-24

  Fernândez Canon, José M ^a,c   Granadino, Begona ^a   De Bernabé, Daniel Beltrân Valero ^a   Renedo, Monica ^a,b   Fernândez Ruiz, Elena ^a,b   Penalva, Miguel A ^a,b   De Cordoba, Santiago Rodriguez ^a,b  

^a Departainento de Microbiologia Molecular   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOGENTISIC ACID;

ALKAPTONURIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE MAPPING; METABOLIC DISORDER; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STONE FORMATION;

ALKAPTONURIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIOXYGENASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; HOMOGENTISATE 1,2-DIOXYGENASE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGENASES; POINT MUTATION; PROLINE; SERINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029740946     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0996-19     Document Type: Article

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