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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
That's A Positive Feedback!
A carcinogen causes chromosomal rearrangement which can result in a new "fusion" gene. The fusion gene can produce its own protein. The protein can affect thousands of other genes, leading to cancer (prostate, in this study).
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