La herencia trialélica en el síndrome de Bardet-Biedl, un trastorno recesivo mendeliano

N Katsanis1, S J Ansley, J L Badano

  • 1Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, The Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 22, 2001
PubMed
Resumen

El síndrome de Bardet-Biedl (BBS) puede requerir tres alelos mutados, no sólo dos, para causar la enfermedad. Este modelo trialélico podría impactar en la comprensión de los trastornos genéticos.

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