Mutations in PEX1 are the most common cause of peroxisome biogenesis disorders

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 445-448

  Reuber, Bernadette E ^a   Germain Lee, Emily ^a   Collins, Cynthia S ^a   Morrell, James C ^a   Ameritunga, Rohan ^a   Moser, Hugo W ^a   Valle, David ^a   Gould, Stephen J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BIOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PEROXISOME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030667274     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1297-445     Document Type: Article

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