(sabkÉnËtrÓktÉ) , ((American) sabËkontraktÉr) noun. a person who undertakes work for a contractor and is therefore not directly employed by the person who wants such work done. The building contractor has employed several subcontractors to build the block of flats.
Furthermore, three unrelated fragile X patients were found with a C-to-T point mutation at the 14th nucleotide in intron 10 with normal length CGGÂ·CCG repeats (Fig. 1F) (42). Clearly, these point mutations are sufficient for the development of the fragile X syndrome.
Cockayne syndrome-caused by mutations in the ERCC6 gene. More than 60 ERCC6 gene mutations that cause Cockayne syndrome have been identified. Many of these mutations lead to the production of an abnormally short version of the CSB protein that cannot function properly.ore than 60 ERCC6 gene mutations that cause Cockayne syndrome have been identified. Many of these mutations lead to the production of an abnormally short version of the CSB protein that cannot function properly.