The Cystic Fibrosis Gene

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Science

 

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Tracy S

 

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March 6, 2014

 

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University

 

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The intent of this paper is to describe how the cystic fibrosis gene was identified, how the gene is defective, its physical manifestations, and to discuss possible treatments of the disease. The classical approach to finding the gene that is responsible for causing a genetic disease is to first characterize the bio-chemical defect within the gene, then to identify the mutated protein in the gene, and finally to locate the actual gene...
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However, this classical approach proves to be impractical when searching for the CF gene. To find the gene responsible for CF, the principle of "reverse genetics" is applied. Scientists accomplish this by linking the disease to a specific chromosome. After this linkage, they isolate the gene of interest on the chromosome, and then test its product...
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