A malfunction of these molecules can disrupt gene expression.
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Recombination then occurs in the region of that sequence within the gene, resulting in the insertion of a foreign sequence to disrupt the gene.
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Two main approaches have been considered - adding a gene to replace a gene that wasn't working properly, or disrupting genes that were not working properly.
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