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Glutamate pyruvate transaminase null allele in seven new families

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Based upon aberrant segregation of glutamate pyruvate-transaminase (GPT) and reduced enzyme activity on electrophoresis, seven new families with a GPT null allele were identified during genetic linkage analysis for a number of different traits.

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  1. Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine and Center for The Health Sciences, 90024, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Maryellen C. Sparkes, M. Crist & R. S. Sparkes

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Supported in part by grants MCH-927 and HD-04612 from the U.S. Public Health Service

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Sparkes, M.C., Crist, M. & Sparkes, R.S. Glutamate pyruvate transaminase null allele in seven new families. Hum Genet 65, 147–148 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00286652

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