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This frequency of homozygosity at a nonessential locus is similar to that reported by Mitchell's group (2 out of 30) for homozygous disruption of the C. albicans CDC25 gene [ 16 ] . These results confirm that the single-transformation test can, in our hands, be used to identify a nonessential gene and they underscore the inference from the data presented here that RNA triphosphatase is essential for growth of C. albicans.
Sickle cell anemia (Hb SS) results from homozygosity for a A→T substitution at codon 6 of the β-globin gene (GAG→GTG) leading to a glutamic acid to valine (Glu→Val) substitution in the β globin chain of human adult hemoglobin.
Taken together, these observations could explain the occurrence of CVID or IgGSD and hemochromatosis due to HFE C282Y homozygosity in some of the present index patients [ 26 ] and account for the occurrence of IgA deficiency and hemochromatosis in different members of the same family [ 27 ] .
Neither homozygosity nor heterozygosity for the A2 variant was associated with increased breast cancer risk (Table 2).
Eight of the present index patients (3 CVID, 5 IgGSD; 2 men, 6 women) also had hemochromatosis associated with homozygosity for