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. 2009 Nov 20;9:405. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-405

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Schematic representation of partial LOH in the MLH1 gene. A: The structure of the MLH1 gene with 19 exons (open boxes numbered 1-19). Exon and intron (solid line) sizes are drawn approximately to scale. B: The scheme of two MLH1 alleles (a1, a2) in the tumor of patient SK-22 displaying LOH at SNP marker c.1-93G>A, homozygous del5-6 (LOH), and retention of heterozygosity at the microsatellite marker, D3S1611, located in intron 12. MinCT, minimal converted tract; MaxCT, maximal converted tract; the initiating point of putative gene conversion can lie anywhere within the blue colored box; question mark indicates that extension of MaxCT remains unknown. Note: The term 'initiating point' is not used in the sense to indicate direction of gene conversion.