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DNA bridging of yeast chromosomes VIII leads to near-reciprocal translocation and loss of heterozygosity with minor cellular defects.
Chromosoma - 1 Apr 2009
Tosato Valentina, Nicolini Claudio, Bruschi Carlo V
Abstract excerpt
Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of tumor suppressor genes in somatic cells is a major process leading to several types of cancer; however, its underlying molecular mechanism is still poorly understood. In the present work, we demonstrate that a linear DNA molecule bridging two homologous chromosomes in diploid yeast cells via homologous recombination produce LOH-generating regions of hemizygosity by deletion. The...
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