Genetics Flashcards
What phase of cell cycle do chromosomes condense enough for karyotyping
metaphase
Haploinsufficiency
Reduction by about half in amount of protein usually due to whole gene deletion or frameshift mutation
Silent mutation
changes that don’t affect the A.A produced by the codon
Missense mutation
Change that affects the A.A produced by the codon
Nonsense mutation
Change that results in a stop codon
Frameshift mutation
Alters the reading frame, may lead to entirely different protein or a stop codon
Locus
The location of a gene on a chromosome
Allele
an Alternative variant of a particular gene
Polymorphism
where there are at least 2 or more relatively common alleles of a gene in a the population
Penetrance
on/off binary concept
Expressed or not expressed
Incomplete penetrance: may be age dependent like in huntington’s
Expressivity
Variability of clinical features/phenotype in people with the same genotype
Aneuploidy
an abnormal number of chromosomes
47 XXY condition and presentation
Klinefelter Syn
- Primary hypogonadism
- Low testosterone
- Infertility, incomplete virlisation, gynecomastia
- tall stature
- mild learning difficulty, shy, emotionally immature
45 X condition and presentation
Turner Syn
- Short stature, shield chest
- Webbed neck
- Infertility, ovarian dysgenesis
- Bicuspid Aortic valve, CoA
Inheritance of myotonic dystrophy
Triplet repeat disorder
-Maternal
Inheritance of huntington’s
Triplet repeat disorder
-Paternal
Inheritance of Spinocerebellar ataxia
Triplet repeat disorder
-Gender of transmitting parent can modify symptoms in child
Anticipation
The observation that a particular phenotype seems to be increasing in severity in subsequent generations
CpG islands
on promoter regions of genes and is the mechanism of regulating gene transcription
ncRNA
Non coding RNA
-Does not code for protein, but mediates gene regulation processes
What is gene expression influenced by
conformation of chromatin
methylation of DNA
Availability of transcription factors
Inheritance of Prader-Willi
Loss of paternally active 15q gene copy
- Paternal imprinting
- Paternal microdeletion
- Maternal UPD15
Inheritance of Angelman Syndrome
Loss of maternallly active 15q gene copy
- Maternal imprinting
- Maternal microdeletion
- Paternal UPD15
- UBE3A mutaton
RB1 -Condition and inheritance
AD
Retinoblastoma
Other features:
-melanoma
Osteosarcoma
Soft tissue cancers
Most familial cancers are due to germ line mutations in tumor suppressor genes rather than proto-onogenes except:
RET gene mutation - MEN 2
MENIN gene
MEN 1
AD inheritance
Features of MEN 1
Parathyroid adenoma
Pituitary adenoma
Pancreatic islet cell/GI adenoma
RET gene
MEN2
AD inheritance
MEN2a features
Medullary thyroid cancer
Phaochromocytoma
Parathyroid hyperplasia
MEN2b features
Medullary Thyroid cancer
Phaeochromocytoma
Neuromas/fibromas + marfanoid features
Inheritance of BRCA mutation
AD, highly penetrant
TP53 gene mutation
Li Fraumeni syndrome
AD inheritance
Li Fraumeni syndrome features
SBLA
-Sarcoma, Breast, leukemia, adrenal gland cancers
Very young onset usually (before 30 yo)
Role of p53 in cancer
Tumor suppressor gene
If DNA is damaged, p53 prevents malignant transformation by delaying cell cycle progression
-Allows cell to initiate DNA repair or can initiate apoptosis
PTEN gene mutation
Cowden Syndrome
AD inheritance
Features of Cowden syndrome
Breast cancer and Skin changes
Papillary thyroid cancer
APC gene mutation
FAP
AD inheritance
MutYH gene mutation
MutYH associated Polyposis
- Phenotypically similar to FAP
- AR inheritance - so may look like de novo FAP
STK11 gene mutation
Peutz Jegher Syndrome
AD inheritance
Features of Peutz Jegher Syndrome
- Hamartomatous polyposis ( low malignant potential)
- Lip, buccal, palm pigmentation
- Risk of intussussception/volvulus
- Increased risk of GI and breast cancer