Exclusion of galectin 9 as a candidate gene for hyperuricosuria in the Dalmatian dog

Summary All Dalmatian dogs have an inherited defect in purine metabolism leading to high levels of uric acid excretion in their urine (hyperuricosuria) rather than allantoin, the normal end product of purine metabolism in all other breeds of dog. Transplantation experiments have demonstrated that th...

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