Abstract
A C-terminal fragment of a prealbumin variant was isolated from amyloid material obtained from the myocardium of a patient (Han) with familial amyloid cardiomyopathy of Danish origin. The prealbumin variant fragment was shown to have a methionine for leucine substitution in position 111.
MeSH terms
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Amyloid / genetics
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Amyloid / isolation & purification*
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Amyloidosis / genetics
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Amyloidosis / metabolism*
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Cardiomyopathies / genetics
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Cardiomyopathies / metabolism*
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Denmark / ethnology
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Humans
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Prealbumin / genetics
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Prealbumin / isolation & purification*