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Combing the genome for genomic instability.
Trends in biotechnology - 1 Aug 2002
Caburet Sandrine, Conti Chiara, Bensimon Aaron
Abstract excerpt
Genomic instability is one of the major features of cancer cells. The clinical phenotypes associated with several human diseases have been linked to recurrent DNA rearrangements and dysfunction of DNA replication processes that involve unstable genomic regions. Analysis of these rearrangements, which are frequently submicroscopic and can lead to loss or gain of dosage-sensitive genes or gene disruption, requires...
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