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Activating mutations in FGFR3 and HRAS reveal a shared genetic origin for congenital disorders and testicular tumors.
Nature genetics - 1 Nov 2009
Goriely Anne, Hansen Ruth M S, Taylor Indira B, Olesen Inge A, Jacobsen Grete Krag, McGowan Simon J, Pfeifer Susanne P, McVean Gilean A T, Rajpert-De Meyts Ewa, Wilkie Andrew O M
Abstract excerpt
Genes mutated in congenital malformation syndromes are frequently implicated in oncogenesis, but the causative germline and somatic mutations occur in separate cells at different times of an organism's life. Here we unify these processes to a single cellular event for mutations arising in male germ cells that show a paternal age effect. Screening of 30 spermatocytic seminomas for oncogenic mutations in 17 genes...
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