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The modifier of Min 2 (Mom2) locus: embryonic lethality of a mutation in the Atp5a1 gene suggests a novel mechanism of polyp suppression.
Genome research - 1 May 2007
Baran Amy A, Silverman Karen A, Zeskand Joseph, Koratkar Revati, Palmer Ashley, McCullen Kristen, Curran Walter J, Edmonston Tina Bocker, Siracusa Linda D, Buchberg Arthur M
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Inactivation of the APC gene is considered the initiating event in human colorectal cancer. Modifier genes that influence the penetrance of mutations in tumor-suppressor genes hold great potential for preventing the development of cancer. The mechanism by which modifier genes alter adenoma incidence can be readily studied in mice that inherit mutations in the Apc gene. We identified a new modifier locus of...
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