The KIF6 gene encodes a motor Protein. Variations in that gene are associated with coronary artery disease and statin response.
Clinic | Method | Carrier testing |
Turnaround | 5 days | |
Specimen type | genomic DNA |
Clinic | Method | Massive parallel sequencing |
Turnaround | 25 days | |
Specimen type | genomic DNA |
Research | Method | Genomic sequencing of the entire coding region |
Turnaround | 25 days | |
Specimen type | genomic DNA |
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Li Y et al. (2010) KIF6 polymorphism as a predictor of risk of coronary events and of clinical event reduction by statin therapy. |
2. |
NCBI article NCBI 221458 |
3. |
OMIM.ORG article Omim 613919 |
4. |
Wikipedia article Wikipedia EN (KIF6) |