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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 697051, 13 pages
In Silico Screening and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Disease-Associated nsSNP in TYRP1 Gene and Its Structural Consequences in OCA3
1School of Bio Sciences and Technology (SBST), Bioinformatics Division, Vellore Institute of Technology University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632014, India
2Human Genetics Foundation, Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
Received 20 April 2013; Revised 23 May 2013; Accepted 23 May 2013
Academic Editor: Claudio M. Soares
Copyright © 2013 Balu Kamaraj and Rituraj Purohit. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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