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Gene mutations and aneuploidy: the instability that causes cancer.
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) - 1 Sept 2004
Woo Richard A, Poon Randy Y C
Abstract excerpt
Cancer cells have been characterized with activated mutant oncogenes and inactivated or deleted tumor suppressor genes. Cancer cells are also aneuploid, displaying a jumble of chromosomal anomalies including gain or loss of whole chromosomes or transposed chromosomal fragments. Whether mutation of specific genes or aneuploidy is more critical for tumorigenesis is very much a contentious issue. We recently showed...
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