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. 2013 Feb;45(2):121-2.
doi: 10.1038/ng.2540.

The burden of faulty proofreading in colon cancer

Somasekar Seshagiri  1
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The burden of faulty proofreading in colon cancer

Somasekar Seshagiri. Nat Genet. 2013 Feb.

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  • Nat Genet. 2013 Oct;45(10):1261

Abstract

Our understanding of inherited risk factors for colorectal cancer (CRC) is incomplete. A new study reports the identification of germline CRC risk variants that adversely affect the proofreading function of DNA polymerases encoded by POLE and POLD1.

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