‘Jumping genes’ may drive esophageal cancer

10 julio 2015

‘Jumping genes’ may add to the genetic chaos behind more than three-quarters of esophageal cancer cases, scientists have discovered. ‘Jumping genes’, called L1 elements, can uproot themselves and move to new areas in the DNA, sometimes accidentally moving into genes that control the cell’s growth.
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