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A frame-shift mutation in the cystic fibrosis gene.
Nature - 12 Apr 1990
White M B, Amos J, Hsu J M, Gerrard B, Finn P, Dean M
Abstract excerpt
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a common recessive lethal genetic disorder, affecting 1 in 1,600 Caucasians. The disease causes defective regulation of chloride-ion transport in exocrine cells. Although in all CF families the disease is linked to a locus on chromosome 7q31, there is clinical heterogeneity in the severity of the disease and the age at which it is diagnosed. CF is caused by mutations in the CF...
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