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Splice-site mutations in atherosclerosis candidate genes: relating individual information to phenotype.
Circulation - 17 Aug 1999
von Kodolitsch Y, Pyeritz R E, Rogan P K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Nucleotide variants in several genes for lipid and methionine metabolism influence the risk of premature atherosclerosis. Ten percent of single nucleotide substitutions in these genes involve mRNA splice sites. The effects of some of these changes on splicing and on phenotypic severity are not inherently obvious. METHODS AND RESULTS: Using an information theory-based model, we measured the individual...
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