Evolutionarily new sequences expressed in tumors

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Earlier we suggested the concept of the positive evolutionary role of tumors. According to this concept, tumors provide conditions for the expression of evolutionarily new and/or sleeping genes in their cells. Thus, tumors are consid...

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Main Authors: Baranova Ancha V, Samusik Nickolai A, Dukhovlinov Ilya V, Galachyants Yuri P, Kozlov Andrei P, Polev Dmitry E, Krukovskaya Larisa L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-12-01
Series:Infectious Agents and Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1750-9378/1/8