| Literature DB >> 7211845 |
A M Ferraris, P Giuntini, S Galiano, G F Gaetani.
Abstract
The electrophoretic difference between normal glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) and two common variants (G6PD A and G6PD A-) has made the G6PD enzyme system very useful for genetic studies and for investigation on the clonal origin of tumors. This approach has not been possible for another common variant, G6PD mediterranean, which has a normal electrophoretic pattern. The different utilization of 2-deoxy-glucose-6-phosphate (2dG6P), an analog of the normal substrate, by the normal enzyme and the Mediterranean variant, allows a convenient determination of the degree of mosaicism in mononuclear cells from heterozygotes.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 7211845 PMCID: PMC1684947
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Hum Genet ISSN: 0002-9297 Impact factor: 11.025