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References
These sources were used to develop the Genetics Home Reference
gene summary
on the
ALAS1
gene.
Cotter PD, Drabkin HA, Varkony T, Smith DI, Bishop DF. Assignment of the human housekeeping delta-aminolevulinate synthase gene (ALAS1) to chromosome band 3p21.1 by PCR analysis of somatic cell hybrids. Cytogenet Cell Genet. 1995;69(3-4):207-8.
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Kauppinen R. Porphyrias. Lancet. 2005 Jan 15-21;365(9455):241-52. Review.
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Podvinec M, Handschin C, Looser R, Meyer UA. Identification of the xenosensors regulating human 5-aminolevulinate synthase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Jun 15;101(24):9127-32. Epub 2004 Jun 3.
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Roberts AG, Elder GH. Alternative splicing and tissue-specific transcription of human and rodent ubiquitous 5-aminolevulinate synthase (ALAS1) genes. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2001 Mar 19;1518(1-2):95-105.
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Roberts AG, Redding SJ, Llewellyn DH. An alternatively-spliced exon in the 5'-UTR of human ALAS1 mRNA inhibits translation and renders it resistant to haem-mediated decay. FEBS Lett. 2005 Feb 14;579(5):1061-6.
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Sadlon TJ, Dell'Oso T, Surinya KH, May BK. Regulation of erythroid 5-aminolevulinate synthase expression during erythropoiesis. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 1999 Oct;31(10):1153-67. Review.
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Thunell S. Porphyrins, porphyrin metabolism and porphyrias. I. Update. Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2000 Nov;60(7):509-40. Review.
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Reviewed: July 2009
Published: May 13, 2013