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defined:
A gene, located in a chromosome region suspected of being involved in a disease, whose protein product suggests that it could be the disease gene in question.
explained:
Listen to a detailed explanation. Dr. Eric Green, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Genome Technology Branch, defines candidate gene.
relatedterms:
chromosome, cloning, gene, positional cloning, protein
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