Acquisition of Genetic Aberrations by Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase (AID) during Inflammation-Associated Carcinogenesis

Genetic abnormalities such as nucleotide alterations and chromosomal disorders that accumulate in various tumor-related genes have an important role in cancer development. The precise mechanism of the acquisition of genetic aberrations, however, remains unclear. Activation-induced cytidine deaminase...

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Main Authors: Tsutomu Chiba, Hiroyuki Marusawa, Atsushi Takai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-06-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/3/2/2750/