Gene Fusion At Biology Glossary

What is it? The accidental joining of DNA of two genes, such as can occur in a translocation or inversion. Gene fusions can give rise to hybrid proteins or to the misregulation of the transcription of one gene by the cis regulatory elements (enhancers) of another.

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