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HMGA1-pseudogenes and cancer.
Oncotarget - 10 May 2016
De Martino Marco, Forzati Floriana, Arra Claudio, Fusco Alfredo, Esposito Francesco
Abstract excerpt
Pseudogenes are DNA sequences with high homology to the corresponding functional gene, but, because of the accumulation of various mutations, they have lost their initial functions to code for proteins. Consequently, pseudogenes have been considered until few years ago dysfunctional relatives of the corresponding ancestral genes, and then useless in the course of genome evolution. However, several studies have...
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