Gaucher disease: Functional expression of the normal glucocerebrosidase and Gaucher T1366G and G1604A alleles in Baculovirus-transfected Spodoptera frugiperda cells

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 184-189

  Choy, Francis Y M ^a   Wei, Chao ^a   Levin, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baculovirus expression system; Gaucher mutations; gene expression; glucocerebrosidase; recombination

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GAUCHER DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INSECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; GAUCHER DISEASE; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SPODOPTERA; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; GENETTA; INSECTA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0029952127     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961028)65:3<184::AID-AJMG3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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