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KDM4B mutations in human cancers.
Mutation research - 1 Jan 2000
Bush Wesley, Bosart Korey, Bouley Renee A, Petreaca Ruben C
Abstract excerpt
Homologous recombination (HR) is essential for repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and restart of stalled or collapsed replication forks. Most cancers are characterized by mutations in components of the DSB repair pathways. Redundant DSB repair pathways exist in eukaryotes from yeast to humans and recent evidence has shown that complete loss of HR function appears to be lethal. Recent evidence has also...
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