The well-accepted notion that gene amplification contributes to increased expression still remains, after all these years, a reasonable but unproven assumption

"Gene amplification causes overexpression" is a longstanding and well-accepted concept in cancer genetics. However, raking the whole literature, we find only statistical analyses showing a positive correlation between gene copy number and expression level, but do not find convincing experi...

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Main Authors: Yuping Jia, Lichan Chen, Qingwen Jia, Xixi Dou, Ningzhi Xu, Dezhong Joshua Liao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Carcinogenesis
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Online Access:http://www.carcinogenesis.com/article.asp?issn=1477-3163;year=2016;volume=15;issue=1;spage=3;epage=3;aulast=Jia