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    Treatment of infantile phytanic acid storage disease: clinical, biochemical and ultrastructural findings in two children treated for 2 years (1988)
    Springer
    European journal of pediatrics 147 (1988), S. 133-142 
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    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Keywords: Infantile Refsum disease ; Phytanic acid ; Dietary treatment ; Peroxisomes ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Two patients with infantile phytanic acid storage disease (infantile Refsum disease), one of whom showed the presence of morphologically normal peroxisomes in a liver biopsy, were treated with a low phytanic acid diet for more than 2 years and the effects of treatment on certain clinical, biochemical and ultrastructural parameters were examined. Both patients showed evidence of either an improvement or stabilisation in their clinical condition. Plasma phytanic acid levels decreased to near normal values in approximately 6 weeks after the introduction of the diet; plasma pipecolic acid also declined markedly but the decrease was not so rapid and its level remained abnormal. C26∶C22 fatty acid ratios decreased very slowly and even after 2 years the values remained grossly abnormal. Despite the marked reduction of phytanic acid in the liver, there was an increase in the C26∶C22 fatty acid ratios and this appeared to be paralleled by an increase in inclusion bodies. Our data suggest that some patients with the infantile form of Refsum disease may show some clinical benefit from dietary management and this is reflected biochemically by decreases in the plasma levels of phytanic acid and pipecolic acid.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00442210
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    Accumulation of pristanic acid (2, 6, 10, 14 tetramethylpentadecanoic acid) in the plasma of patients with generalised peroxisomal dysfunction (1988)
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    European journal of pediatrics 147 (1988), S. 143-147 
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    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Keywords: Pristanic acid ; Phytanic acid ; Peroxisome ; β-oxidation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The plasma of some patients with biochemical evidence of a generalised peroxisomal dysfunction (GPD) show greatly increased levels of phytanic acid as well as its α-oxidation product, pristanic acid (2, 6, 10, 14-tetramethylpentadecanoic acid). Increased amounts of 14- and 16- carbon branched chain fatty acids are also found in some of these patients. As pristanic acid is present in normal or near-normal amounts in classical Refsum disease and rhizomelic chondrodysplasia, two disorders characterised by deficiencies in phytanic acid oxidation, we speculate that its accumulation is not secondary to a defect in the α-oxidation of phytanic acid, but is indicative of a block in the peroxisomal β-oxidation of pristanic acid. The finding of phytanic acid, as well as a number of its metabolites in patients with inherited defects in peroxisomal biogenesis indicates that a number of the steps in phytanic acid degradation may be confined to peroxisomes.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00442211
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    Prenatal diagnosis of Zellweger syndrome and related disorders: Impaired degradation of phytanic acid (1986)
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    European journal of pediatrics 145 (1986), S. 507-510 
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    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Keywords: Zellweger syndrome ; Prenatal diagnosis ; Phytanic acid ; Amniocytes ; Chorionic villous cells
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Normal amniocytes and chorionic villous cells in culture are able to produce14CO2 from exogenous [1-14C] phytanic acid. In contrast, cells from four fetuses at risk for the cerebro-hepato-renal (Zellweger) syndrome and related disorders showed a greatly reduced activity, indicating a block in oxidation of the fatty acid. Our data confirm that phytanic acid oxidase activity measurement can be used for the prenatal assessment of this group of disorders.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02429053
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    The isolation, characterization and application in the Triticeae of a set of wheat RFLP probes identifying each homoeologous chromosome arm (1989)
    Springer
    Theoretical and applied genetics 78 (1989), S. 342-348 
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    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Keywords: Hexaploid wheat ; RFLPs ; Homoeology ; Chromosome arm ; Alien additions
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary To investigate the use of RFLP analysis in the Triticeae, a set of low copy number probes has been isolated from a wheat cDNA library. The probes identify each of the 14 homoeologous chromosome arms of wheat as determined by analysis of DNA fragments hybridizing to the probes in aneuploid lines of Chinese Spring. These probes can be used in RFLP analyses both for the assignment of homoeology of alien chromosomes or arms added to wheat, and for the determination of chromosome dosage in wheat aneuploids. Different chromosomes from various Triticeae species can therefore be followed in a wheat genetic background using a single technique. The potential uses of the set in facilitating the transfer of alien segments into wheat are outlined.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00265294
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    Isozyme variation and RFLPs at the β-amylase loci in wheat (1988)
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    Theoretical and applied genetics 76 (1988), S. 691-699 
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    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Keywords: Hexaploid wheat ; β-Amylase ; Isozymes ; RFLPs ; IEF
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary Forty-one hexaploid wheat genotypes have been examined for RFLPs detected by a β-amylase probe using three restriction enzymes, and for mature grain β-amylase isozyme polymorphism following IEF. The two homoeoallelic series assayed for RFLPs differed: little variation was found at group 2 chromosome homoeoloci, while the group 4/5 chromosome homoeoloci displayed considerable variation. Varieties that displayed a RFLP with one RE almost always did likewise with the other two REs, suggesting that most of the polymorphisms observed were due to large DNA rearrangements. Comparison of the variation in grain β-amylase isozymes with the RFLP results indicated strong associations between particular RFLP and isozyme alleles.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00303514
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