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Genetic disorders
Genetic diseases, syndromes, or conditions caused by genetic variations and abnormalities in genes or chromosomes.
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Genetic disorders
Cleft palate
Health care; Genetic disorders
Congenital fissure of the soft and/or hard palate, due to faulty fusion.
Sensory neuropathy
Health care; Genetic disorders
Inflammation or degeneration of the sensory nerves.
Hypertelorism
Health care; Genetic disorders
Excessive width between two bodily parts or organs (as the eyes).
Guanosine triphosphate (GTP)
Health care; Genetic disorders
An energy-rich nucleotide analogous to ATP that is composed of guanine linked to ribose and three phosphate groups and is necessary for peptide bond formation during protein synthesis.
Tight junctions
Health care; Genetic disorders
Cell-cell junctions that seal adjacent epithelial cells together, preventing the passage of most dissolved molecules from one side of the epithelial sheet to the other. (Alberts et al., Molecular ...
Cytoskeleton
Health care; Genetic disorders
The network of filaments, tubules, and interconnecting filamentous bridges which give shape, structure, and organisation to the cytoplasm.
