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The expression of fragile sites in lymphocytes of patients with rectum cancer and their first-degree relatives.
Cancer letters - 1 May 2000
Tunca B, Egeli U, Zorluoğlu A, Yilmazlar T, Yerci O, Kizil A
Abstract excerpt
Fragile sites are non-staining gaps and breaks in specific points of chromosomes. These sites also include acentric fragments, triradial figures and several rearrangements. Although this issue has been controversial recently, they may be related to structural chromosomal rearrangement in some neoplasms. In this study, the expression of fragile sites induced by aphidicolin (Apc), 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) and...
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