Cancer - Basic sciences Flashcards by josh Taverner

Q

chromothripsis

A

DNA shatters and then re-assembles in a re-arranged form

newish theory of cancer mutations

Greek
- chromos - chromosome
- thripsis - shattering into pieces

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function of APC gene,

cancers mutated in

A

signal transduction

large intestinal tumours, gastric Ca

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