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Acytosiosis

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Acytosiosis is a rare genetic disorder.

Symptoms and signs

Because of the complete lack of cytosine due to the defective Alpha-cytosinase, DNA replication cannot occur. This means that any zygote with Acytosiosis will be unable to divide into multiple cells and will thus die. In most cases, the mother won't even know that she would have had a baby if it hadn't died from Acytosiosis.

Causes

Acytosiosis is caused by an autosomal recessive mutation on Chromosome 9, which causes a defect in the enzyme Alpha-cytosinase.

Treatment

Etymology

The name "Acytosiosis" comes from a combination of the prefix "a-", meaning "no" or "none", "cytosine", and the suffix "-iosis", meaning "disorder".

References

Narins, Brigham ''The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders'' (Gale Group 2005) {{ISBN. 978-1-4144-0366-3
Wynbrandt, James and Ludman, Mark ''The Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects'' (Facts on File 2000) {{ISBN. 978-0-8160-3809-1

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