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NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS
Volume 12, Issue 10, Pages 683-691Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3051
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- Laboratory of Hemostasis
- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration
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Synonymous mutations-sometimes called 'silent' mutations-are now widely acknowledged to be able to cause changes in protein expression, conformation and function. The recent increase in knowledge about the association of genetic variants with disease, particularly through genome-wide association studies, has revealed a substantial contribution of synonymous SNPs to human disease risk and other complex traits. Here we review current understanding of the extent to which synonymous mutations influence disease, the various molecular mechanisms that underlie these effects and the implications for future research and biomedical applications.
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