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Myc deletion rescues Apc deficiency in the small intestine.
Nature - 5 Apr 2007
Sansom Owen J, Meniel Valerie S, Muncan Vanesa, Phesse Toby J, Wilkins Julie A, Reed Karen R, Vass J Keith, Athineos Dimitris, Clevers Hans, Clarke Alan R
Abstract excerpt
The APC gene encodes the adenomatous polyposis coli tumour suppressor protein, germline mutation of which characterizes familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), an autosomal intestinal cancer syndrome. Inactivation of APC is also recognized as the key early event in the development of sporadic colorectal cancers, and its loss results in constitutive activity of the beta-catenin-Tcf4 transcription complex. The...
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