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High rate of mutation in mitochondrial DNA displacement loop region in human colorectal cancer.
Diseases of the colon and rectum - 1 Mar 2009
Akouchekian Mansoureh, Houshmand Massoud, Hemati Simin, Ansaripour Mohammad, Shafa Mehdi
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PURPOSE: Mitochondrial DNA mutations are found in many kinds of human cancer and the 1.1 kb displacement loop region has been identified as a "hot spot" for mutation in mitochondrial DNA of tumors. This study evaluated the mutation frequencies in hypervariable regions of mitochondrial displacement loop in patients with colorectal cancer. METHODS: We examined the frequency of mutations in the mitochondrial DNA...
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