Tag: ADL15mutation

Mutation Story – Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome

Part 1: Mutation Story I am the gene that caused Charlotte to have Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome. I’m the LMNA gene, and I’m supposed to be responsible for producing the protein lamin A (a protein which helps with the structural support of the nucleus), but unfortunately while I was being replicated, one of my cytosine’s was switched with thymine and I…

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