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Mild cystic fibrosis in patients with the rare P5L CFTR mutation.
Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society - 1 Jan 2012
Spicuzza Lucia, Sciuto Concetta, Di Dio Lucia, Mattina Teresa, Leonardi Salvatore, del Giudice Michele Miraglia, La Rosa Mario
Abstract excerpt
Over 1800 Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator gene (CFTR) mutations have been identified so far, determining different degrees of CFTR dysfunction and a range of different cystic fibrosis phenotypes. The P5L CFTR mutation is a recently described N-terminus missense variant which may cause defect of protein folding and processing/trafficking, but the functional classification is still unclear....
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