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APC and its modifiers in colon cancer.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2009
Kwong Lawrence N, Dove William F
Abstract excerpt
Colon cancer closely follows the paradigm of a single "gatekeeper gene." Mutations inactivating the APC (adenomatous polyposis coli) gene are found in approximately 80% of all human colon tumors and heterozygosity for such mutations produces an autosomal dominant colon cancer predisposition in humans and in murine models. However, this tight association between a single genotype and phenotype belies a complex...
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