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Title: An intronic duplication in the alanine: glyoxylate aminotransferase gene facilitates identification of mutations in compound heterozygote patients with primary hyperoxaluria type 1. Author: Purdue PE, Lumb MJ, Allsop J, Danpure CJ. Journal: Hum Genet; 1991 Aug; 87(4):394-6. PubMed ID: 1879825. Abstract: We report here the identification of a duplication within the first intron of the gene encoding human alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT); this duplication is closely linked to two point mutations associated with peroxisome-to-mitochondrion mistargeting of AGT in primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) patients. Polymerase chain reaction amplification of regions of the AGT gene including the insertion site from individuals heterozygous for this duplication, produces allele-specific fragments of different sizes. We have taken advantage of this to identify a nonsense mutation within a non-expressed allele of a compound heterozygote PH1 patient with mitochondrial AGT.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]