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A single-nucleotide substitution mutator phenotype revealed by exome sequencing of human colon adenomas.
Cancer research - 1 Dec 2012
Nikolaev Sergey I, Sotiriou Sotirios K, Pateras Ioannis S, Santoni Federico, Sougioultzis Stavros, Edgren Henrik, Almusa Henrikki, Robyr Daniel, Guipponi Michel, Saarela Janna, Gorgoulis Vassilis G, Antonarakis Stylianos E, Halazonetis Thanos D
Abstract excerpt
Oncogene-induced DNA replication stress is thought to drive genomic instability in cancer. In particular, replication stress can explain the high prevalence of focal genomic deletions mapping within very large genes in human tumors. However, the origin of single-nucleotide substitutions (SNS) in nonfamilial cancers is strongly debated. Some argue that cancers have a mutator phenotype, whereas others argue that...
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