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Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase

Known as: HGPRTase, Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase [Chemical/Ingredient], Phosphoribosyltransferase, Hypoxanthine-Guanine 
An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate and hypoxanthine, guanine, or 6-mercaptopurine to the corresponding 5… (More)

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1965-2017
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1936-2018
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Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase
physiological aspects
Gout
Carbohydrate Metabolism
chemical synthesis
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome

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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Regulation of hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and beta-actin mRNA expression in porcine immune cells and tissues.
Various "housekeeping" genes are often used as endogenous controls in gene expression experiments. We have cloned from swine… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
DNA hypomethylation leads to elevated mutation rates.
Genome-wide demethylation has been suggested to be a step in carcinogenesis. Evidence for this notion comes from the frequently… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Insertional tagging, cloning, and expression of the Toxoplasma gondii hypoxanthine-xanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase gene. Use as a selectable marker for stable transformation.
A nonhomologous integration vector was used to identify the Toxoplasma gondii hypoxanthine-xanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl… (More)
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Multiplex DNA deletion detection and exon sequencing of the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase gene in Lesch-Nyhan families.
The Lesch-Nyhan (LN) syndrome is a genetically lethal human neurological disease that results from mutations that inactivate the… (More)
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Germ-line transmission of a planned alteration made in a hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase gene by homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells.
Embryonic stem cells (derived from 129/Ola mice) containing a mutant hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase gene that had been… (More)
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
HPRT-deficient (Lesch-Nyhan) mouse embryos derived from germline colonization by cultured cells.
Embryonal stem (ES) cell lines, established in culture from peri-implantation mouse blastocysts, can colonize both the somatic… (More)
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1986
1986
Fine structure of the human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase gene.
The human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) gene has been characterized by molecular cloning, mapping, and DNA… (More)
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1984
1984
Structure, expression, and mutation of the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase gene.
The wild-type mouse hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT; IMP:pyrophosphate phosphoribosyltransferase, EC 2.4.2.8) gene… (More)
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1984
1984
Methylation of the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase locus on the human X chromosome: implications for X-chromosome inactivation.
To explore the role of DNA methylation in maintaining dosage compensation of X chromosome-linked genes and in regulating the… (More)
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1984
1984
Differential methylation of hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase genes on active and inactive human X chromosomes.
Previous theoretical considerations and some experimental data have suggested a role for DNA methylation in the maintenance of… (More)
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