A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI) gene maps to the long arm of chromosome 14
Authors: Lauteala T, Sistonen P, Savontaus ML, Mykkanen J, Simell J, Lukkarinen M, Simell O, Aula P
Publisher: UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
Publication year: 1997
Journal: American Journal of Human Genetics
Journal name in source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
Journal acronym: AM J HUM GENET
Volume: 60
Issue: 6
First page : 1479
Last page: 1486
Number of pages: 8
ISSN: 0002-9297
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/515457
Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by defective transport of cationic amino acids and by hyperammonemia. Linkage analysis in 20 Finnish LPI families assigned the LPI gene locus to the proximal long arm of chromosome 14. Recombinations placed the locus between framework markers D14S72 and MYH7, a 10-cM interval in which the markers D14S742, D14S50, D14S283, and TCRA showed no recombinations with the phenotype. The phenotype was in highly significant linkage disequilibrium with markers D14S50, D14S283, and TCRA. The strongest allelic association obtained with marker TCRA, resulting in a P-excess value of .98, suggests that the LPI gene locus lies in close proximity to this marker, probably within a distance of <100 kb.