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Published Online December 21, 2006
Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1138239

Perspectives

Submitted on December 4, 2006
Accepted on December 12, 2006

SNPs, Silent But Not Invisible

Anton A. Komar 1

1 Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA.

Single nucleotide polymorphisms that are considered "silent" can have effects on protein folding.



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