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Germ-line DICER1 mutations do not make a major contribution to the etiology of familial testicular germ cell tumours.
BMC research notes - 1 Apr 2013
Sabbaghian Nelly, Bahubeshi Amin, Shuen Andrew Y, Kanetsky Peter A, Tischkowitz Marc D, Nathanson Katherine L, Foulkes William D
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BACKGROUND: The RNase III enzyme DICER1 plays a central role in maturation of microRNAs. Identification of neoplasia-associated germ-line and somatic mutations in DICER1 indicates that mis-expression of miRNAs in cancer may result from defects in their processing. As part of a recent study of DIC...
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