Article
The importance of genome architecture in cancer susceptibility: location, location, location.
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) - 1 Nov 2004
Reilly Karlyne M
Abstract excerpt
Tumorigenesis requires the interaction between different gene disruptions to convert a normal cell into a cancer cell. These gene disruptions can involve loss of expression or misexpression of genes through genetic or epigenetic mutations. It is becoming clear that these disruptions are not isolated events in the genome, but are affected by genome architecture and the syntenic relationship of alleles on...
Topics
- Animals
- Astrocytoma
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Gene Silencing
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome, Human
- Genomic Imprinting
- Humans
- Mice
- Models, Genetic
- Mutation
- Neurofibromin 1
- Species Specificity
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
