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Connexin 43, but not connexin 32, is mutated at advanced stages of human sporadic colon cancer.
Oncogene - 25 Jul 2002
Dubina Michael V, Iatckii Nikolay A, Popov Dimitrii E, Vasil'ev Sergei V, Krutovskikh Vladimir A
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The membrane-spanning connexin proteins form microscopic intercellular channels that directly connect the cytoplasms of adjacent cells and as such have been implicated in maintenance of tissue homeostasis. They are considered to act as tumor suppressors since their function or expression is frequently aberrant in tumor cells. Several mechanisms appear to be involved in this, but irreversible mutational...
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