Characterization of coding synonymous and non-synonymous variants in ADAMTS13 using ex vivo and in silico approaches.

Synonymous variations, which are defined as codon substitutions that do not change the encoded amino acid, were previously thought to have no effect on the properties of the synthesized protein(s). However, mounting evidence shows that these "silent" variations can have a significant impac...

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Main Authors: Nathan C Edwards, Zachary A Hing, Avital Perry, Adam Blaisdell, David B Kopelman, Robert Fathke, William Plum, Jordan Newell, Courtni E Allen, Geetha S, Aaron Shapiro, Chinyere Okunji, Idit Kosti, Noam Shomron, Vahan Grigoryan, Teresa M Przytycka, Zuben E Sauna, Raheleh Salari, Yael Mandel-Gutfreund, Anton A Komar, Chava Kimchi-Sarfaty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3387200?pdf=render