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The results of a study on the expression of GPT (glutamate-pyruvate transaminase; E. C. 2.6.1.2) in a child with a partial trisomy of chromosomes 8 and 14 are presented. A gene dosage effect supporting the regional assignment of the GPT locus to 8q24.2→8qter is demonstrated.
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Rocha, J., Amorim, A., Almeida, V.M. et al. Gene dosage evidence for the regional assignment of GPT (glutamate-pyruvate transaminase; E. C. 2.6.1.2) locus to 8q24.2→8qter. Hum Genet 80, 299–300 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01790102
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