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Surrogate genetics and metabolic profiling for characterization of human disease alleles.
Genetics - 1 Apr 2012
Mayfield Jacob A, Davies Meara W, Dimster-Denk Dago, Pleskac Nick, McCarthy Sean, Boydston Elizabeth A, Fink Logan, Lin Xin Xin, Narain Ankur S, Meighan Michael, Rine Jasper
Abstract excerpt
Cystathionine-β-synthase (CBS) deficiency is a human genetic disease causing homocystinuria, thrombosis, mental retardation, and a suite of other devastating manifestations. Early detection coupled with dietary modification greatly reduces pathology, but the response to treatment differs with the allele of CBS. A better understanding of the relationship between allelic variants and protein function will improve...
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