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Abstract
Genomic imprinting might play an important part in the development of several tumours. It is suggested that in Wilms' tumorigenesis, imprinting normally renders inactive a transforming gene on the maternally derived chromosome 11, leaving intact the paternally inherited chromosome 11 and the Wilms' transforming gene that it carries. A similar mechanism might account for the inheritance patterns of other tumours.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2893140 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(88)91121-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321