Molecular defects in ferrochelatase in patients with protoporphyria requiring liver transplantation

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-114

  Bloomer, Joseph ^a   Bruzzone, Carol ^b   Zhu, Ling ^a   Scarlett, Yolanda ^c   Magness, Scott ^c   Brenner, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exon deletions; Ferrochelatase; Liver disease; Molecular defects; Protoporphyria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROPOIETIC PROTOPORPHYRIA; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOBLAST; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032128422     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI1347     Document Type: Article

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