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Descriptor English:   Genes, Lethal 
Descriptor Spanish:   genes letales 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Genes Letais 
Synonyms English:   Allele, Lethal
Alleles, Lethal
Gene, Lethal
Lethal Allele
Lethal Alleles
Lethal Gene
Lethal Genes  
Tree Number:   G05.360.340.024.340.350
Definition English:   Genes whose loss of function or gain of function MUTATION leads to the death of the carrier prior to maturity. They may be essential genes (GENES, ESSENTIAL) required for viability, or genes which cause a block of function of an essential gene at a time when the essential gene function is required for viability. 
See Related English:   Synthetic Lethal Mutations
 
History Note English:   68 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
DE drug effects GE genetics
IM immunology PH physiology
RE radiation effects  
Record Number:   5942 
Unique Identifier:   D005804 

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