www.baylor.edu. Baylor University (BU) is a private Baptist university in Waco, Texas. Chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas, it is the oldest continuously-operating university in Texas and one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River in the United States.
The LCT gene provides instructions for making an enzyme called lactase. This enzyme helps to digest lactose, a sugar found in milk and other dairy products. Lactase is produced by cells that line the walls of the small intestine.olecular Location on chromosome 2: base pairs 135,787,844 to 135,837,179. The LCT gene is located on the long (q) arm of chromosome 2 at position 21. More precisely, the LCT gene is located from base pair 135,787,844 to base pair 135,837,179 on chromosome 2.
Gene Variant Linked to Plaque. The newly discovered gene variant ADAMTS7 is one of about a dozen genes associated with heart disease risk identified within the last few years, Reilly says.âMost are associated with plaque buildup [known medically as atherosclerosis ] and not with other known heart disease risk factors,â he says.n an effort to identify genes specific for heart attack, they also compared the DNA of almost 5,800 CAD patients who had a history of heart attack with 3,600 patients who had no such history. A Visual Guide to Heart Disease.