Evidence for somatic gene conversion and deletion in bipolar disorder, Crohn's disease, coronary artery disease, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, type-1 diabetes, and type-2 diabetes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>During gene conversion, genetic information is transferred unidirectionally between highly homologous but non-allelic regions of DNA. While germ-line gene conversion has been implicated in the pathogenesis of some diseases, somatic g...
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BMC
2011-02-01
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| Series: | BMC Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/9/12 |