Assertion: frameshift mutation | /r/CapableOf | increase susceptibility
Facets:
value: to certain cancers
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to classes of familial hypercholesterolaemia
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Frameshift mutations are apparent in severe genetic diseases such as Tay–Sachs disease; they increase susceptibility to certain cancers and classes of familial hypercholesterolaemia; in 1997, a frameshift mutation was linked to resistance to infection by the HIV retrovirus.