Phenotypic heterogeneity in human genetic diseases: ultrasensitivity-mediated threshold effects as a unifying molecular mechanism
Abstract Phenotypic heterogeneity is very common in genetic systems and in human diseases and has important consequences for disease diagnosis and treatment. In addition to the many genetic and non-genetic (e.g., epigenetic, environmental) factors reported to account for part of the heterogeneity, w...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Biomedical Science |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12929-023-00959-7 |