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Články z PhysOrgDNA replication protein Cdt1 also has a role in mitosis, cancer

13. 5 2012 (20:24)

The foundation of biological inheritance is DNA replication – a tightly coordinated process in which DNA is simultaneously copied at hundreds of thousands of different sites across the genome. If that copying mechanism doesn't work as it should, the result could be cells with missing or extra genetic material, a hallmark of the genomic instability seen in most birth defects and cancers.