Genetic analysis of isolated persistent hypermethioninemia with dominant inheritance

Pediatrics International

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 601-606

  Nagao, Masayoshi ^a   Oyanagi, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a National Otaru Hospital   (Japan)

^b 0 Dori Children's Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dominant inheritance; Isolated persistent hypermethioninemia; Methionine adenosyltransferase; Missense mutation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; METHIONINE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; METHYLATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHIONINE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; MUTATION;

EID: 0030870869     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1997.tb03648.x     Document Type: Article

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