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Oncogenes and tumour suppressors take on centrosomes.
Nature reviews. Cancer - 1 Dec 2007
Fukasawa Kenji
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Chromosome instability, which is equated to mitotic defects and consequential chromosome segregation errors, provides a formidable basis for the acquisition of further malignant phenotypes during tumour progression. Centrosomes have a crucial role in the formation of bipolar mitotic spindles, which are essential for accurate chromosome segregation. Mutations of certain oncogenic and tumour-suppressor proteins...
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