How Do Mutations Affect Health And Tooth Development- Exam IV Flashcards
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The 3 nucleotide sequence: codon that specifies different amino acids:
Genetic code
Properties/ principle of the genetic code that many amino acids are encoded by multiple 3 nucleotide codons, as such- changes in the nucleic acid sequence may or may not alter the resulting amino acid:
Degenerative/ redundant genetic code
Mutation that results in increased function or new function in a protein:
Gain of function
Mutation that results in a decrease or absence of function:
Loss of function
Reduced gene dosage resulting in insufficient protein being made and diminished functioning of the cell:
Haploinsufficiency
Mutation resulting in an altered protein that reduces or inhibits the function of another normal protein in the cell:
Dominant negative mutation
Because genetic disorders represent a continuom of diseases, even if a disease is largely caused by the environment there may be _____ effective the outcome
Genetic factors
3 examples of environmentally caused disease:
- Influenza
- Measles
- Infectious disease
3 examples of disease that have equally environmental and genetic influences:
- Diabetes
- CV diseases
- Osteoporosis
2 examples of diseases fully caused by genetic factors:
- Cystic fibrosis
- Hemophilia A
Represent the largest number of mutations that have been identified that relate to disease:
Missense and nonsense
Mutations that result in either lower amounts, no function, or enzyme deficiencies:
Loss of function mutations
Haploinsufficiency is a subcategory of:
Loss of function mutations
Because you have two copies of each autosomal gene if one copy is expressed and the other is not due to a disease causing mutation, this is called:
Haploinsufficiency
Haploinsufficiency results in the amount of products to be producing being _____ compared to when no mutation is present:
About 50 % decrease
Some haploinsufficiency diseases may result in in _____ while in other cases it may result in_____.
No disease & disease
Example of a disease caused by a haploinsufficiency mutation:
Marfans syndrome (deals with fibrillin)
A mutation whose gene product adversely affects the normal wild type gene product within the same cell, usually by dimerizing with it:
Dominant negative mutation
A dominant negative mutation is a subcategory of:
Loss of function mutations
In the cases of polymeric molecules such as collagen, the dominant negative mutations are often _____ than the mutations causing the production of no gene products (Cancer)
More deleterious
Osteogenesis imperfecta is an example of a:
Dominant negative mutation
Charcot-Marie- tooth sensory neuropathy & cherubism are examples of:
Gain of function mutations
Over 300 genes identified that have mutations associated with: (3)
- Tooth patterning
- Morphogenesis defects
- Differentiation defects
As a collective group ____ genetic diseases are the most common
Craniofacial