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Double-strand breaks and tumorigenesis.
Trends in cell biology - 1 Nov 2001
Pierce A J, Stark J M, Araujo F D, Moynahan M E, Berwick M, Jasin M
Abstract excerpt
The establishment of connections between biochemical defects and clinical disease is a major goal of modern molecular genetics. In this review, we examine the current literature that relates defects in the two major DNA double-strand-break repair pathways--homologous recombination and nonhomologous end-joining--with the development of human tumors. Although definitive proof has yet to be obtained, the current...
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