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Genetic disorders
Genetic diseases, syndromes, or conditions caused by genetic variations and abnormalities in genes or chromosomes.
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holoprosencephaly
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) Anterior midline brain, cranial, and facial malformations resulting from the failure of the embryonic prosencephalon to undergo segmentation and cleavage. Alobar prosencephaly is the most severe ...
antisense strand
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) Antisense is the non-coding DNA strand of a gene. A cell uses antisense DNA strand as a template for producing messenger RNA (mRNA) that directs the synthesis of a protein. Antisense can also ...
mutation
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) Any alteration in a gene from its natural state; may be disease causing or a benign, normal variant. 2) A mutation is a change in a DNA sequence. Mutations can result from DNA copying mistakes ...
sequence alteration
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) Any alteration in a gene from its natural state; may be disease causing or a benign, normal variant. 2) A mutation is a change in a DNA sequence. Mutations can result from DNA copying mistakes ...
peptide
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) Any compound consisting of two or more amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. Peptides are combined to make proteins. 2) A peptide is one or more amino acids linked by chemical bonds. The ...
polypeptides
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) Any compound consisting of two or more amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. Peptides are combined to make proteins. 2) A peptide is one or more amino acids linked by chemical bonds. The ...
vectors
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) Any DNA molecule capable of autonomous replication within a host cell and into which other DNA sequences can be inserted and thus amplified. They are or are derived from plasmids, bacteriophages, ...
