Number of genetic diseases associated with silent mutations
| Range | >40 diseases |
|---|---|
| Organism | Unspecified |
| Reference | Czech A, Fedyunin I, Zhang G, Ignatova Z. Silent mutations in sight: co-variations in tRNA abundance as a key to unravel consequences of silent mutations. Mol Biosyst. 2010 Oct6(10):1767-72. doi: 10.1039/c004796c. p.1767 left column top paragraphPubMed ID20617253 |
| Comments | "...many examples suggest that [silent] mutations can have significant physiological consequences over 40 genetic diseases are associated with silent mutations." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 109639 |