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  • Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid, Université d'Artois
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 94
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Carmen CUÉLLAR LÁZARO, Isabel COMAS MARTÍNEZ, Marie-Hélène GARCIA, Marta SERNA GIL
  • Creation / modification date: 02-03-2014
  • Term: insertion mutation
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: Chromosome abnormality in which material from one chromosome is inserted into another non homologous chromosome.
  • Context: The disease is caused by a previously unreported deletion/insertion mutation in exon 4 of the apolipoprotein AI (apoAI) gene encoding loss of residues 60-71 of normal mature apoAI and insertion at that position of two new residues, ValThr.
  • Weighting mark: nor
  • Sources:
    • Term: TEUFEL, Andreas (2011). Humangenetik. Stuttgart: Urban & Fischer, 17.
    • Definition: TEUFEL, Andreas (2011). Humangenetik. Stuttgart: Urban & Fischer, 17.
    • Context: MUNK, Katharina (Hrsg.) (2010). Taschenlehrbuch Biologie: Genetik. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 372.
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