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High incidence of epithelial cancers in mice deficient for DNA polymerase delta proofreading.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 Nov 2002
Goldsby Robert E, Hays Laura E, Chen Xin, Olmsted Elise A, Slayton William B, Spangrude Gerry J, Preston Bradley D
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Mutations are a hallmark of cancer. Normal cells minimize spontaneous mutations through the combined actions of polymerase base selectivity, 3' --> 5' exonucleolytic proofreading, mismatch correction, and DNA damage repair. To determine the consequences of defective proofreading in mammals, we created mice with a point mutation (D400A) in the proofreading domain of DNA polymerase delta (poldelta, encoded by the...
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