Article
[Splice site mutations and atherosclerosis: mechanisms and prediction models].
Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie - 1 Feb 2001
von Kodolitsch Y, Nienaber C A, Fliegner M, Rogan P K
Abstract excerpt
Nucleotide variants in genes of the lipid metabolism influence the risk of premature atherosclerosis. Ten percent of all single nucleotide substitutions in these genes involve splice sites. The effects of these changes on mRNA splicing and phenotypic severity, however, are not inherently obvious...
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