Intragenic deletion in the gene encoding L-gulonolactone oxidase causes vitamin C deficiency in pigs

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-333

  Hasan, Lara ^a   Vögeli, Peter ^a   Stoll, Peter ^b   Kramer, Špela Špilar ^a   Stranzinger, Gerald ^a   Neuenschwander, Stefan ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Fed Res Stn for Anim Prod   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRAIT; HETEROZYGOSITY; INTRON; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCURVY; SWINE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; L-GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE; LIVER; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; GULO; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1842473132     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-003-2324-6     Document Type: Article

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