The Mutator Phenotype: Adapting Microbial Evolution to Cancer Biology
The mutator phenotype hypothesis was postulated almost 40 years ago to reconcile the observation that while cancer cells display widespread mutational burden, acquisition of mutations in non-transformed cells is a rare event. Moreover, it also suggested that cancer evolution could be fostered by inc...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Genetics |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2019.00713/full |