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Relationship between the role of the adenomatous polyposis coli protein in colon cancer and its contribution to cytoskeletal regulation.
Biochemical Society transactions - 1 Aug 2005
Näthke I
Abstract excerpt
A unique feature of colon cancer is that truncation mutations in the APC (adenomatous polyposis coli) gene are common to most tumours. The high penetrance of APC mutations, especially in gut epithelium, supports the idea that APC may be involved in a number of the processes that govern the normal maintenance of this tissue: differentiation, migration, proliferation and apoptosis. Indeed, APC is involved in the...
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