Phrases with «suppressor gene»

A "suppressor gene" is a type of gene that helps to restrain or control the growth of cells. It plays an important role in preventing the development of cancer or other diseases by preventing cells from dividing and growing uncontrollably. Full definition

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Her graduate work culminated in multiple publications in the field of cancer epigenetics and in a thesis entitled «Aberrant epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes in human cancer: the roles of DNA hypermethylation and the histone code.» (hopkinsmedicine.org)
Some examples from their lab include using AAV to introduce epitope tags into the endogenous alleles of the p53 and PTEN tumor suppressor genes in human cells (Kim et al 2008). (blog.addgene.org)
Mutations of the VHL tumour suppressor gene in renal carcinoma. (jcancer.org)
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