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Accurate prediction of the functional significance of single nucleotide polymorphisms and mutations in the ABCA1 gene.
PLoS genetics - 1 Dec 2005
Brunham Liam R, Singaraja Roshni R, Pape Terry D, Kejariwal Anish, Thomas Paul D, Hayden Michael R
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The human genome contains an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 DNA variants that alter an amino acid in an encoded protein. However, our ability to predict which of these variants are functionally significant is limited. We used a bioinformatics approach to define the functional significance of genetic variation in the ABCA1 gene, a cholesterol transporter crucial for the metabolism of high density lipoprotein...
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