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Alu distribution and mutation types of cancer genes

BACKGROUND: Alu elements are the most abundant retrotransposable elements comprising ~11% of the human genome. Many studies have highlighted the role that Alu elements have in genetic instability and how their contribution to the assortment of mutagenic events can lead to cancer. As of yet, little h...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Wensheng, Edwards, Andrea, Fan, Wei, Deininger, Prescott, Zhang, Kun
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3074553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21429208
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-12-157