Mutations in the ferrochelatase gene of four Spanish patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 406-409

  Gouya, Laurent ^a   Schneider Yin, Xiaoye ^b   Rüfenacht, Urszula ^b   Herrero, Carmen ^c   Lecha, Mario ^c   Mascaro, José M ^c   Puy, Herve ^a   Deybach, Jean Charles ^a   Minder, Elisabeth I ^b  

^a HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^b TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

DGGE; In vitro expression; Porphyria

Indexed keywords

FERROCHELATASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ERYTHROPOIETIC PROTOPORPHYRIA; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0031717103     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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