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Concordance of copy number loss and down-regulation of tumor suppressor genes: a pan-cancer study.
BMC genomics - 22 Aug 2016
Zhao Min, Zhao Zhongming
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BACKGROUND: Tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) encode the guardian molecules to control cell growth. The genomic alteration of TSGs may cause tumorigenesis and promote cancer progression. So far, investigators have mainly studied the functional effects of somatic single nucleotide variants in TSGs. Copy number variation (CNV) is another important form of genetic variation, and is often involved in cancer biology and...
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