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Parent-of-origin effects of A1CF and AGO2 on testicular germ-cell tumors, testicular abnormalities, and fertilization bias.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 13 Sept 2016
Carouge Delphine, Blanc Valerie, Knoblaugh Sue E, Hunter Robert J, Davidson Nicholas O, Nadeau Joseph H
Abstract excerpt
Testicular tumors, the most common cancer in young men, arise from abnormalities in germ cells during fetal development. Unconventional inheritance for testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) risk both in humans and mice implicates epigenetic mechanisms. Apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme complex 1 (APOBEC1) cytidine deaminase and Deadend-1, which are involved in C-to-U RNA editing and microRNA-dependent mRNA...
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