Molecular characterization of four alpha-1-antitrypsin variant alleles found in a Japanese population: A mutation hot spot at the codon for amino acid 362

Legal Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 213-219

  Yuasa, Isao ^a   Umetsu, Kazuo ^b   Ago, Kazutoshi ^c   Iijima, Kenji ^d   Nakagawa, Mayumi ^a   Irizawa, Yoshito ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha 1 antitrypsin; Isoelectric focusing; Molecular basis; Polymorphism; Variant

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE; LYSINE; PROLINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE; VALINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CODON; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; JAPAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SERUM; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035164311     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(01)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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