PIGS
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PIGS
A gene on chromosome 17p13.2 that encodes a component of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) transamidase complex essential for the transfer of GPI to proteins and involved in GPI-anchor and glycolipid biosynthesis.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.