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NOS1 wt Allele

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NOS1 wt Allele Definition

Human NOS1 wild-type allele is located within 12q24.2-q24.31 and is approximately 151 kb in length. This allele, which encodes nitric-oxide synthase, brain protein, is involved in nitric oxide biosynthesis from L-arginine and molecular oxygen. Certain allelic variants of the NOS1 gene are associated with susceptibility to either infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis or Parkinson's disease.

NOS1 wt Allele Synonyms

NOS1 wt Allele, NOS, Nitric Oxide Synthase 1 (Neuronal) wt Allele

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