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Molecular mechanism for duplication 17p11.2- the homologous recombination reciprocal of the Smith-Magenis microdeletion.
Nature genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Potocki L, Chen K S, Park S S, Osterholm D E, Withers M A, Kimonis V, Summers A M, Meschino W S, Anyane-Yeboa K, Kashork C D, Shaffer L G, Lupski J R
Abstract excerpt
Recombination between repeated sequences at various loci of the human genome are known to give rise to DNA rearrangements associated with many genetic disorders. Perhaps the most extensively characterized genomic region prone to rearrangement is 17p12, which is associated with the peripheral neuropathies, hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A...
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