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Fhit deficiency-induced global genome instability promotes mutation and clonal expansion.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Miuma Satoshi, Saldivar Joshua C, Karras Jenna R, Waters Catherine E, Paisie Carolyn A, Wang Yao, Jin Victor, Sun Jin, Druck Teresa, Zhang Jie, Huebner Kay
Abstract excerpt
Loss of Fhit expression, encoded at chromosome fragile site FRA3B, leads to increased replication stress, genome instability and accumulation of genetic alterations. We have proposed that Fhit is a genome 'caretaker' whose loss initiates genome instability in preneoplastic lesions. We have characterized allele copy number alterations and expression changes observed in Fhit-deficient cells in conjunction with...
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