Cloning and mapping of the cDNA for human sarcosine dehydrogenase, a flavoenzyme defective in patients with sarcosinemia

Genomics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 300-308

  Eschenbrenner, Michel ^a   Schuman Jorns, Marilyn ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLGLYCINE; FLAVOPROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHATASE; SARCOSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DISORDER; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA LIBRARY; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; LONCHOCARPUS GLAUCIFOLIUS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0344549254     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.5886     Document Type: Article

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