Prothrombin Carora: Hypoprothrombinaemia caused by substitution of Tyr- 44 by Cys

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 670-672

  Sun, William Y ^b   Ruiz Saez, Arlette ^a   Burkart, Melissa C ^b   Bosch, Norma ^a   Degen, Sandra J F ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Banco Munic Sangre Distrito F   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Abnormal prothrombin; Aromatic stack; Hypoprothrombinaemia; Prothrombin; SSCP

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; PROTHROMBIN; TYROSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPROTHROMBINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPROTHROMBINEMIAS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROTHROMBIN; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0033059442     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01395.x     Document Type: Article

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