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Spontaneous mutations in digestive tract of old mice show tissue-specific patterns of genomic instability.
Cancer research - 1 Oct 2004
Ono Tetsuya, Ikehata Hironobu, Pithani Vishnu Priya, Uehara Yoshihiko, Chen Yali, Kinouchi Yoshitaka, Shimosegawa Toru, Hosoi Yoshio
Abstract excerpt
In an attempt to evaluate the possible role of mutations in the age-dependent increase of tumor incidence, we studied the mutational burden that accumulates in the aging process in different parts of the digestive tract in mice. The mutations were monitored in lacZ genes integrated in the mouse g...
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