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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: James Wainscoat
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-445 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Gibbons Richard J RJ Pellagatti Andrea A Garrick David D Wood William G WG Malik Nicola N Ayyub Helena H Langford Cordelia C Boultwood Jacqueline J Wainscoat James S JS Higgs Douglas R DR
Nature genetics 20030801 4
Inherited mutations of specific genes have elucidated the normal roles of the proteins they encode by relating specific mutations to particular phenotypes. But many potentially informative mutations in such genes are lethal early in development. Consequently, inherited mutations may not reflect all the functional roles of such proteins. Acquired, somatic defects should reflect a wider spectrum of mutations because they are not prone to negative selection in development. It has been difficult to ...[more]