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Allelic silencing at the tumor-suppressor locus 13q14.3 suggests an epigenetic tumor-suppressor mechanism.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 16 May 2006
Mertens Daniel, Wolf Stephan, Tschuch Cordula, Mund Cora, Kienle Dirk, Ohl Sibylle, Schroeter Petra, Lyko Frank, Döhner Hartmut, Stilgenbauer Stephan, Lichter Peter
Abstract excerpt
Genomic material from chromosome band 13q14.3 distal to the retinoblastoma locus is recurrently lost in a variety of human neoplasms, indicating an as-yet-unidentified tumor-suppressor mechanism. No pathogenic mutations have been found in the minimally deleted region until now. However, in B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia tumors with loss of one copy of the critical region, respective candidate...
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