Article
Genetic predisposition to human disease: allele-specific expression and low-penetrance regulatory loci.
Oncogene - 24 Sept 2009
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Abstract excerpt
The two alleles of a gene can be expressed at different levels, the extreme example being imprinting, a condition in which one allele is totally suppressed. Recently, subtle differences in the expression of the two alleles have been detected in numerous human genes and in a few cases, have been associated with a genetic predisposition to disease. The underlying mechanisms are largely unexplored.
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