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Implications of human genome architecture for rearrangement-based disorders: the genomic basis of disease.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Apr 2004
Shaw Christine J, Lupski James R
Abstract excerpt
The term 'genomic disorder' refers to a disease that is caused by an alteration of the genome that results in complete loss, gain or disruption of the structural integrity of a dosage sensitive gene(s). In most of the common chromosome deletion/duplication syndromes, the rearranged genomic segments are flanked by large (usually >10 kb), highly homologous low copy repeat (LCR) structures that can act as...
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