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A locus that influences susceptibility to 1, 2-dimethylhydrazine-induced colon tumors maps to the distal end of mouse chromosome 3.
Molecular carcinogenesis - 1 Jan 2000
Angel J M, Popova N, Lanko N, Turusov V S, DiGiovanni J
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While inheritance of mutated alleles of highly penetrant tumor suppressor genes such as retinoblastoma or p53 predisposes individuals to a greatly increased risk of developing cancer, epidemiological data indicate that the majority of sporadic tumors in humans result from interactions of environmental and host genetic factors. The host genetic factors are poorly penetrant tumor susceptibility genes that determine...
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