Las variantes de potenciadores de afinidad que optimizan interrumpen el desarrollo

Fabian Lim1,2,3, Joe J Solvason1,2,4, Genevieve E Ryan1,2

  • 1Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.

Nature
|January 17, 2024
PubMed
Resumen

Los sitios de unión subóptimos en potenciadores, como el regulador genético del desarrollo de extremidades ZRS, pueden causar polidactilia cuando las variantes de un solo nucleótido (SNV) aumentan ligeramente la afinidad de unión, lo que lleva a una expresión genética alterada y a la enfermedad.

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