The most common alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) mutant variant is a missense mutation (E342K), commonly referred to as PiZ. A transgenic mouse model exists that expresses the mutant human PiZ AAT gene. This protocol outlines the procedure used to extract DNA from and genotype AAT transgenic (PiZ) mice.
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