Not exact matches
Their preliminary analysis
revealed several mutations known as single
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the ALR gene, many of which haven't been identified before.
They
reveal 341 fixed substitutions (35 nonsynonymous, 173 synonymous, and 133 noncoding) between the 2014 EBOV and all previously published EBOV sequences, with an additional 55 single -
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; 15 nonsynonymous, 25 synonymous, and 15 noncoding), fixed within individual patients, within the West African outbreak.
The DNA methylation
revealed a much stronger link to survival than all other previously studied alterations in individual DNA building blocks (SNPs, single
nucleotide polymorphisms).
Analysis of a linkage peak on chromosome 13 with a dense set of SNPs (single
nucleotide polymorphisms)
revealed a four - SNP haplotype spanning the gene encoding FLAP (ALOX5AP) that confers an approximately twofold increased risk of myocardial infarction, or heart attack.