A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI) gene maps to the long arm of chromosome 14




AuthorsLauteala T, Sistonen P, Savontaus ML, Mykkanen J, Simell J, Lukkarinen M, Simell O, Aula P

PublisherUNIV CHICAGO PRESS

Publication year1997

Journal: American Journal of Human Genetics

Journal name in sourceAMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Journal acronymAM J HUM GENET

Volume60

Issue6

First page 1479

Last page1486

Number of pages8

ISSN0002-9297

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/515457


Abstract

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.




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